# Accident 20011130036431A: Airtrc AT401, Las Vegas, NV, November 30, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2001, 15:46 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: No damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0667° N, 115.1539° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0667&lon=-115.1539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9186J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9186J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-401 (registry code 0390204, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT401
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011130036431A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ONE IN A FLIGHT OF THREE. PIC OF THIS AIRCRAFT OVERTOOK AND STRUCK ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN HIS FLIGHT DURING THE LANDING PHASE AND THEN TOUCHED DOWN AHEAD OF THAT AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK DURING THE LANDING ROLL AND RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER AND CANOPY FROM OVERTAKING AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N139LA, Airtrc AT402A: [Accident 20011130036432A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011130036432A)

## 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 LAX02LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA034), Nov 30, 2001: Air Tractor AT-401B (N9186J), Las Vegas, NV, no damage. Probable cause: the failure of the AT-401 pilot to maintain clearance with the AT-402 airplane during landing. Contributing factors were the unreliable communication radio in the AT-401, the AT-401 pilot's continued…

## Other reports on N9186J (2)

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

- [Incident 20051107027179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051107027179I), Nov 7, 2005: Airtrc AT401 (N9186J), Broken Bow, NE, Minor damage. (-23) On November 7, 2005, the pilot [privacy data omitted] was spraying a field 8 nautical miles east of Broken Bow, Nebraska, when he struck a power line…
- [Accident 19950710042119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950710042119A), Jul 10, 1995: Airtrc AT401 (N9186J), Clewiston, FL, Substantial damage. Lost control on takeoff from ag strip. Collided with barrels and sugar cane had quartering tailwind.

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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