# Accident 20031113033219A: Airtrc AT301, San Angelo, TX, November 13, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2003, 14:00 local time
- Place: San Angelo, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: HR0G
- Location: 31.4638° N, 100.4370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Angelo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4638&lon=-100.4370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1361E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1361E-2005-11-23) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,169 total, 2,850 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031113033219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAKE OFF FROM A DIRT STRIP THE AIRCRAFT GOT AIRBORNE AND THEN SETTLED BACK TO THE SURFACE. THE PIC APPLIED FULL FLAPS, THE AIRCRAFT GOT AIRBORNE LONG ENOUGH TO CLEAR TREES AT THE END OF THE STRIP AND BEGAN TO SETTLE AGAIN. THE PIC DUMPED THE CHEMICAL LOAD AND AGAIN THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK TO THE SURFACE. THE LEFT WING HIT THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND TO THE LEFT TEARING OFF THE GEAR AND FOLDED THE EMPENNAGE. THE PILOT HAD BEEN TAKING OFF IN THIS DIRECTION ALL DAY BUT BELIEVES THAT THE WIND HAD SHIFTED AROUND DUE TO AN APPROACHING WX FRONT. THE AIRSTRIP HAS NO WIND SOCK. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N1361E (1)

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

- [Accident 19850517017949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850517017949A), May 17, 1985: Airtrc AT301 (N1361E), Anahuac, TX, Substantial damage. Engine power loss during swath run turn. Struck powerlines, dirt bank and flipped over during 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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