# Incident 20000417021659I: Airtrc AT301, Pratt, KS, April 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2000, 17:30 local time
- Place: Pratt, KS
- Airport: Pratt Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 37.7025° N, 98.7470° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRATT RGNL (PTT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7025&lon=-98.7470&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3169S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3169S-2018-03-13) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 7,025 total, 3,512 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000417021659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 17, 2000, AT 1730 CST AN AIR TRACTOR, AT-301, OPERATED BY CARL JOHNSON AND OWNED BY FARMERS SPRAYING SERVICE INC. HAD AN EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE DURING A 137 FLIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, PROPELLER AND TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PRATT, KANSAS, ON APRIL 17, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 CST. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER 1 CYLINDER AND CONNECTING ROD HAD FAILED. THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

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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