# Incident 20000519027599I: Airtrc AT301, Columbia, SD, May 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2000, 09:40 local time
- Place: Columbia, SD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 45.6148° N, 98.3106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6148&lon=-98.3106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3654N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3654N) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 10,090 total, 1,135 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000519027599I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER AFTER 45 MINTUES OF AERIAL APPLICATION. ON THE EMERGENCY LANDING ON COUNTY ROAD #14, THE AIRCRAFT HIT THREE ROAD SIGNS.  DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE AND RIGHT AILERON.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY.

## Other reports on N3654N (1)

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

- [Accident 19890921035969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890921035969A), Sep 21, 1989: Airtrc AT301 (N3654N), Blythe, CA, Substantial damage. Failed to ascertain that ground crew gassed aircraft. Ran out of fuel on a spray run. Gas gauge read in error.

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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