# Incident 20100504041399I: Air Tractor AT-301, Plains, KS, May 4, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2010, 11:30 local time
- Place: Plains, KS
- Airport: Plains Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: RHSG
- Location: 37.2685° N, 100.5839° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLAINS MUNI (S44), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2685&lon=-100.5839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8827S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8827S-2018-02-15) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,398 total, 800 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100504041399I

## Narrative

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

DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT ON THE EAST/WEST RUNWAY OF THE PLAINS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (2KS5), PLAINS, KANSAS, A CITY OWNED AND OPERATED RESTRICTED USE PRIVATE AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A METAL STAKE PLACED IN THE RUNWAY BY A COUNTY ROAD CREW ENGAGED IN A ROAD EXPANSION PROJECT AND FAILED TO TELL AIRPORT OR CITY OFFICIALS OF ITS PLACEMENT. RESULTING HARM CAUSED INVOLVED ONLY THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER, WHICH SUFFERED STRIKE DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N8827S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19810528033929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810528033929A), May 28, 1981: Airtrc AT301 (N8827S), Prescott, WA, Substantial damage. Spray boom caught on wheat on edge of ag strip on landing. Airplane groundlooped.

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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