# Accident 20080825846179A: Airtrc AT301, Jasper, MN, August 25, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2008, 11:45 local time
- Place: Jasper, MN
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DYGG
- Location: 43.8514° N, 96.4017° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8514&lon=-96.4017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3654T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3654T-2009-04-09) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,046 total, 550 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA266) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080825846179A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 CHI08CA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA266), Aug 25, 2008: Air Tractor AT-301A (N3654T), Jasper, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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,…

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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