# Accident 20060923019249A: Airtrc AT301, Big Spring, TX, September 23, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2006, 08:30 local time
- Place: Big Spring, TX
- Airport: Big Spring Mcmahon-Wrinkle Apt
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: TJUG
- Location: 32.2125° N, 101.5250° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2125&lon=-101.5250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23260, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23260) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06CA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA214) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060923019249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 CDT, AIR TRACTOR N23260, MODEL 301, EXPERIENCED ENGINE STOPPAGE WHILE ON A POSITIONING FLIGHT FROM A PRIVATE STRIP NORTH OF BIG SPRING, TEXAS, TO MCMAHON-WRINKLE AIRPORT (BPG). THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A FIELD APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES NORTH OF BPG. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, THE RIGHT AILERON, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND DAMAGE OT THE PROPELLER AND THE LEFT WING TIP. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 DFW06CA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA214), Sep 23, 2006: Air Tractor 301 (N23260), Big Spring, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as result of the pilot's failure to refuel the airplane. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for a 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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