20030730022349A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Airtrc AT-401B · Girard, GA · July 30, 2003

Date
July 30, 2003 · 16:30 local
Place
Girard, GA
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
NQPG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N61227
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL03LA122
Reported as
Airtrc AT401B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,218 total4,180 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft lifted off from private strip and engine lost power. Pilot landed in the field across the road and slid into the trees at the end of the field. Aircraft sustained major damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF FROM PRIVATE STRIP AND ENGINE LOST POWER. PILOT LANDED IN THE FIELD ACROSS THE ROAD AND SLID INTO THE TREES AT THE END OF THE FIELD. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.