# Accident 20030825025249A: Airtrc AT301, Extension, LA, August 25, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2003, 16:30 local time
- Place: Extension, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: MFMG
- Location: 32.1531° N, 91.6983° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1531&lon=-91.6983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N301AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N301AF-2005-08-22) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,400 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030825025249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 25, 2003 THE PILOT WAS APPLYING CHEMICAL FERTILIZER TO 473 ACRES. JUST AS THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE NORTH END OF THE FIELD THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE PILOT TRIED TO LAND IN A NEARBY FIELD BUT COULD NOT EFFECTIVELY REDUCE HIS AIRSPEED. THIS RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT OVERSHOOTING THE FIELD AND IMPACTING A ROW OF TREES THAT ARE AT THE SOUTH END OF THE FIELD.

## 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 FTW03LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA204), Aug 25, 2003: Air Tractor AT-301 (N301AF), Winnsboro, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate inflight planning, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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