# Accident 20040519016339A: Airtrc AT401, San Angelo, TX, May 19, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2004, 08:05 local time
- Place: San Angelo, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: HR0G
- Location: 31.3750° N, 100.4553° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3750&lon=-100.4553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4508Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4508Y-2022-11-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-401 (registry code 0390204, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT401
- Reported engine: PWA R1340*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040519016339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 19, 2004, APPROXIMATELY 0700 CDT, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-401 N4508Y SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT CRASHED FOLLOWING A LOSS OF POWER DURING TAKEOFF NEAR SAN ANGELO, TEXAS. THE AIRPLANE VEERED INTO A WHEAT FIELD, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND PARTIAL SEPARATION OF THE LEFT WING. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT, SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

## 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 FTW04LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA130), May 19, 2004: Air Tractor AT-401 (N4508Y), San Angelo, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was the soft terrain encountered during the aborted takeoff.

## Other reports on N4508Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20000713009709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000713009709A), Jul 13, 2000: Airtrc AT401 (N4508Y), Blythe, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft departed at approximately 0700, July 14, 2000 from Blythe, CA. Airport on a routine agricultural spraying operation. At approximately 0720 after…

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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