# Accident 20090729014389A: Airtrc AT301, July 29, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2009, 04:30 local time
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: RPZG
- Location: 36.9072° N, 120.5150° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9072&lon=-120.5150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23189, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23189-2014-02-25) (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 PW1340
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 35,000 total, 25,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA374](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA374) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090729014389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AERIAL APPLICATION SOUTHEAST OF DOS PALOS, CA ON 07/29/2009 AT 04:15.  THE PILOT LANDED IN AN ALFALFA FIELD AND HIT A SOFT SOIL WATER DITCH, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP END OVER END.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED AND THAT HE HAD RECEIVED FUEL AND PESTICIDE ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.  HE STATED THAT HE RECIEVED FUEL AND CHEMICAL AT A DIRT STRIP USED FOR REFUELING AT THE INTERSECTION OF NEWCOMB AND MERRILL.  PILOT WILL BE RETESTED IN HIS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL IN FAR 137 AERIAL APPLICATIO BY THE FRESNO FSDO PERSONNEL.

## 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 WPR09LA374](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA374), Jul 29, 2009: Air Tractor AT-301 (N23189), Firebaugh, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion that was due to the failure of company ground personnel to refuel the airplane. Contributing to the accident was unsuitable terrain for a forced…

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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