# Accident 20030408018159A: Airtrc AT401, Fellsmore, FL, April 8, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2003, 19:25 local time
- Place: Fellsmore, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: IRXG
- Location: 27.7272° N, 80.6314° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7272&lon=-80.6314&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4549N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4549N-2005-05-06) (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
- Reported engine: PWA R1340*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,825 total, 4,150 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030408018159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATES IN INTERVIEW THAT HE DOES NOT REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT THE ACCIDENT. THE LAST THING HE REMEMBERS IS LOADING THE AIRCRAFT, THEN WAKING UP IN THE HOSPITAL.

## 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 MIA03LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA094), Apr 8, 2003: Air Tractor AT- 401 (N4549N), Fellsmere, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: The poor in-flight planning by the pilot-in-command for his overhsooting the pull-up following a spray pass resulting in the in-flight collision with trees then terrain. Contributing to the accident…

## Other reports on N4549N (1)

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

- [Accident 19940920029149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940920029149A), Sep 20, 1994: Airtrc AT401 (N4549N), Mcgehee, AR, Substantial damage. Lost power on swath run. Nosed over landing soft ground. Bent wing spars. No anomalies found.

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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