# Accident 19981109038909A: Airtrc AT301, Statesboro, GA, November 9, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1998, 16:30 local time
- Place: Statesboro, GA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: FWNG
- Location: 32.4395° N, 81.7691° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4395&lon=-81.7691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8770S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8770S-2018-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-301 (registry code 0390103, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT301
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 850 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL99LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981109038909A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)PILOT'S EXPLANATION OF APPROACH AND REPORTED TEMP/DEWPOINT INDICATES THAT CARBURETOR ICE COULD HAVE CAUSED THE LOSS OF POWER AND THE GO AROUND FAILURE THAT RESULTED IN THE OVERSHOOT AND CRASH INTO TREES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO POST CRASH FIRE.  LOCATION WAS THE HILDE AG SERVICE PRIVATE STRIP NEAR STATESBORO, GA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL99LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA014), Nov 9, 1998: Air Tractor AT-301 (N8770S), Statesboro, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO USE CARBURETOR HEAT. FACTORS WERE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF CARBURETOR ICE.

## Other reports on N8770S (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19910218002809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910218002809A), Feb 18, 1991: Airtrc AT301 (N8770S), Pavo, GA, Substantial damage. Lost power on spray run. Landed on a road safely but hit a road sign. NR2 exhaust valve failed. Broke cylinder.
- [Incident 19790903034279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790903034279I), Sep 3, 1979: Airtrc AT301 (N8770S), Jay, FL, Minor damage. During landing with full hoppers on wet strip, aircraft skidded and went up on its' nose.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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