# Accident 20070702012649A: Airtrc AT301, Albany, TX, July 2, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2007, 20:30 local time
- Place: Albany, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: TNPG
- Location: 32.8369° N, 99.5936° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8369&lon=-99.5936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7305E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7305E-2012-10-15) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 916 total, 98 in this make and model, 88 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070702012649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 2, 2007 AT 2030 CDT, N7305E, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-301, OWNED BY NEAL AIRCRAFT, OF SLATON, TEXAS AND OPERATED BY MURPHREE FLYING SERVICE (TNPG5691) OF ROTAN, TEXAS CRASHED FIVE MILES NORTH OF LUEDERS, TEXAS DURING MANEUVERING FOR THE PURPOSE OF AERIAL APPLICATION UNDER CFR PART 137. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT, THE LONE OCCUPANT, SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ROTAN, TEXAS (56F) ON JULY 2, 2007 AT 1938 CDT. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS ACCIDENT CLOSED.

## 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 DFW07LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA148), Jul 3, 2007: Air Tractor 301 (N7305E), Lueders, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent impact with terrain.

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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