# Incident 20030327005149I: Airtrc AT400, Beedeville, AR, March 27, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2003, 08:30 local time
- Place: Beedeville, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: A2DG
- Location: 35.4292° N, 91.1107° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beedeville, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4292&lon=-91.1107&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23744, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23744) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-400 (registry code 0390202, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT400
- Pilot flight hours: 12,942 total, 2,694 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030327005149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) L/H GEAR LEG HAD DEVELOPED A SURFACE CRACK DEFECT. UPON TOUCH DOWN FOR LANDING THE GEAR MADE A LOUD POP NOISE AS THE DEFECT PROMAGATED ITSELF AND CAUSED THE SHEARING OF THE GEAR LEG. THE PILOT PULLED THE AIRCRAFT UP AFTER THE LOUD POP NOISE. HE ELECTED TO LAND IN A RECENTLY PLOWED FIELD NEAR THE PRIVATE STRIP. L/H WING STRUCK THE GROUND ALONG WITH THE PROPELLER. WIND WAS 5-6 LITE BREEZE.

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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