# Accident 20080813843819A: Airtrc AT301, Monticello, IA, August 13, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2008, 12:00 local time
- Place: Monticello, IA
- Airport: Monticello Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: H5TG
- Location: 42.2203° N, 91.1633° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2203&lon=-91.1633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3161D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3161D-2013-06-06) (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 R1340*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 250 in this make and model, 370 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA251) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080813843819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS PILOT WAS RETURNING TO MXO, ENGINE LOST POWER AND QUIT. PILOT STATED THAT HE EXTENDED FLAPS AND WORKED MANUAL FUEL PUMP. ENGINE WOUDL NOT RESTART. PILOT FLEW INTO TREE TOPS AND CRASHED. THE RIGHT HAND FUEL TANK WAS DESTROYED IN THE CRASH; THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS INTACT BUT HAD NO FUEL. INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF FUEL ON BOARD 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 CHI08CA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA251), Aug 13, 2008: Air Tractor AT-301B (N3161D), Monticello, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Poor preflight planning in that the pilot failed to assure an adequate fuel supply was on board for the flight which resulted in fuel exhaustion. Factors associated with the accident were the low…

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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