# Accident 20080326831429A: Airtrc AT301, Plains, KS, March 26, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2008, 12:15 local time
- Place: Plains, KS
- Airport: Plains Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: RHSG
- Location: 37.2561° N, 100.5886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2561&lon=-100.5886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4427S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4427S-2018-01-04) (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: 490 total, 158 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080326831429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 26, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:15 PM CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-301 AIRCRAFT, N4427S, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, WAS ON FINAL APPROACH ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH AND AT APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET AGL TO PLAINS, KS AIRPORT. THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. THE PILOT COULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT AND ELECTED TO LAND IN A WHEAT FIELD TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT. A SUCCESSFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE WHEAT FIELD. DURING THE ROLLOUT AFTER LANDING THE PILOT OBSERVED THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STOP PRIOR TO STRIKING AN IRRIGATION PIVOT SYSTEM THAT WAS IN HIS PATH. THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED ONTO ITS TOP CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 DFW08CA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA086), Mar 26, 2008: Air Tractor At-301 (N4427S), Plains, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power as a result of a blocked carburetor. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the 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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