# Accident 20070715020019A: Airtrc AT301, Osceola, ID, July 15, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2007, 15:40 local time
- Place: Osceola, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NIZG
- Location: 41.5558° N, 86.0519° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5558&lon=-86.0519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3158W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3158W-2010-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-301 (registry code 0390103, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT301
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07LA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA208) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070715020019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STARTED HIS DUTY DAY AT 0800 AND HAD BEEN FLYING ALL DAY SPRAYING FIELDS. AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 HE STARTED FLYING A PATH GOING SOUTH INTO A CORN FIELD FLYING A VERY SHORT AREA WHERE HE HAD TO CLEAR A TREE LINE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT HIT TREES ON THE SOUTH END OF THE FIELD WHILE TRYING TO CLIMB OUT. THIS AREA WOULD BE THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE WOODED AREA THAT THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UP IN. DURING INITIAL CONTACT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. LARGE SECTIONS OF WING SKIN WERE FOUND AT THIS SITE. ALSO LARGE BROKEN TREE BRANCHES WERE FOUND IN THIS AREA. THE NEXT POINT OF CONTACT WAS ABOUT 300 FEET SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST. THERE WAS ONE WING AND SOME SPRAY NOZZLES FOUND AND MORE BROKEN AND CUT TREE BRANCHES. CONTINUING SOUTH 50 FEET IS THE DIRECT PATH THROUGH THE TREES GOING TO THE GROUND AND THE MAIN IMPACT AREA. THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR WAS BROKEN AND STOPPED AT 125 MPH. THE TREE LINE SHOWS BOTH BROKEN AND CUT TREE LIMBS THROUGH THE FLIGHT PATH AREA, INDICATING THE ENGINE WAS MAKING POWER AT LEAST PARTWAY THROUGH THE TREES. THE MAIN FUSELAGE WAS STILL INTACT, INVERTED WITH THE PILOT INSIDE. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY FIRE AT THE SITE.

## 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 CHI07LA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA208), Jul 15, 2007: Air Tractor AT-301 (N3158W), Osceola, IN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the trees during the aerial application flight. Factors associated with the accident were the trees and the pilot's lack of experience in flying aerial…

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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