# Accident 20100708040249A: Air Tractor AT-301, Garfield, WA, July 8, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2010, 16:00 local time
- Place: Garfield, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 32AG
- Location: 47.0102° N, 117.1395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Garfield, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0102&lon=-117.1395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8878S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8878S-2015-12-22) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100708040249A

## Narrative

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

AFTER DROPPING CROP DUSTING LOAD THE PILOT WAS RETURNING TO AIRFIELD WHEN AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF GAS.  PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT IN FIELD.  THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE ENGINE CASE BROKE OFF JUST AFT OF THE CYLINDERS.  ALSO BOTH WING TIPS HIT THE GROUND, THE TAIL WHEEL BROK OFF AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS BENT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N8878S (1)

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

- [Accident 20141027019469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141027019469A), Oct 27, 2014: Air Tractor Inc AT-301 (N8878S), Connell, WA, Substantial damage. Pilot was making second run on a seeding operation and lost power at about 50 feet AGL while running his b line. Landed in a pasture and struck an irrigation…

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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