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Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Airtrc AT-301 · Jasper, MN · August 25, 2008

Date: August 25, 2008 · 11:45 local
Place: Jasper, MN
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: DYGG
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N3654T
NTSB investigation: NTSBCHI08CA266
Reported as: Airtrc AT301
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,046 total550 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N3654TRegistration cancelled Apr 9, 2009 · Air Tractor AT-301S/N 301-0290 · Built 1980 Airframe modelAir Tractor AT-301 Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Flying from north to south 12 ft off ground making a spray run engine coughed and backfired. Pilot pulled up to 50 ft and engine quit. Pilot aimed to make emergency landing on road but did not have enough altitude. He landed in field went through fence and sideways on road into ditch on other side.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) FLYING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH 12 FT OFF GROUND MAKING A SPRAY RUN ENGINE COUGHED AND BACKFIRED. PILOT PULLED UP TO 50 FT AND ENGINE QUIT. PILOT AIMED TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING ON ROAD BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE. HE LANDED IN FIELD WENT THROUGH FENCE AND SIDEWAYS ON ROAD INTO DITCH ON OTHER SIDE.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB CHI08CA266Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportJasper, MNThe pilot's failure to assure the primer control was locked during the aircraft preflight. Factors associated with the accident were the low altitude at which the airplane was operating, the fence, the roadway, and the ditch.Aug 25, 2008 · Substantial damage