# Incident 20000623034719I: Airtrc AT301, Billingsley, AL, June 23, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2000, 19:00 local time
- Place: Billingsley, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.6651° N, 86.7071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Billingsley, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6651&lon=-86.7071&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8639S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8639S) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,350 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000623034719I

## Narrative

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

(-23)WHILE SPRAYING A WATERMELON FIELD IN BILLINGSELY, ALABAMA, N8639S, AN AIR TRACTOR, SUSTAINED FOUR BULLET HITS FROM A POSSIBLE AUTOMATIC WEAPON. THE PILOT HEARD THE BULLETS HIT THE AIRCRAFT. ONE BULLET GRAZED THE PILOTS  ARM WHEN IT SHATTERED THE PLEXGLAS AND LODGED ITSELF IN THE TACHOMETER.  THE PILOT CIRCLED THE  AREA AND SAW SOMEONE WITH A WEAPON SHOOTING AT HIM.  THE AUTAUGA SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH MONTGOMERY FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARE INVESTIGATING.

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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