# Incident 20000806026779I: Airtrc AT301, Sidney, MT, August 6, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2000, 06:30 local time
- Place: Sidney, MT
- Airport: Sidney Richland Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 47.7069° N, 104.1926° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIDNEY-RICHLAND RGNL (SDY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7069&lon=-104.1926&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5079S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5079S) (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: 5,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000806026779I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD COMPLETED A SPRAY RUN AND WAS MAKING A TURN TO LINE ON THE NEXT SPRAY RUN. AT ABOUT 150 FEET IN THE AIR AND THE ENGINE FAILED AND HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD.  HE STATED THAT THE NUMBER 5 CYLINDER HAD BLOWN OFF THE ENGINE CAUSING THE SPEED RING TO DEPART THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PARTS OF THE SPEED RING CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE WINDSHIELD, VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THEM.

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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