# Accident 20100402030639A: Air Tractor AT-301, Malden, MO, April 2, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2010, 10:20 local time
- Place: Malden, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 3AFG
- Location: 36.5983° N, 89.9925° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5983&lon=-89.9925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3653T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3653T-2013-10-31) (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: AIR TRACTOR AT-301
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,388 total, 1,004 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100402030639A

## Narrative

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

OPERATOR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF AERIAL APPLICATION OF A "ROUNDUP" CHEMICAL HERBICIDE ON A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE NORTH OF MALDEN, MISSOURI RACE TRACK.  AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN EXITING THE FIELD OVER A TREE LINE.  PILOT REPORTED A DOWNWARD GUST OF WIND SLOWED HIS ASCENT AND THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE TOP OF A TREE.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED IN THE SAME DIRECTION INTO THE NEXT FIELD, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE UPON IMPACT AND BURNED.  THE PILOT'S INJURIES REPORTED AT THIS TIME WAS A MINOR INJURY TO HIS FOOT.

## 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 CEN10CA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA185), Apr 2, 2010: Air Tractor AT-301 (N3653T), Malden, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a tree during an aerial application flight.

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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