# Accident 20100917046689A: Air Tractor AT-301, Atkins, AR, September 17, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2010, 14:00 local time
- Place: Atkins, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.2100° N, 92.9294° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2100&lon=-92.9294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2309F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2309F-2015-12-11) (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 flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA582](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA582) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100917046689A

## Narrative

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

ON SEP 17, 2010, 1445 LOCAL, AT-301, N2309F, SERIAL # 310-0354, WAS CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATIONS OVER A WHEAT FIELD 5 MILES SOUTH OF ATKINS, AR.  AIR TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 85 DEGREES AND WINDS WERE CALM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOADED WITH ABOUT 1500 LBS OF WHEAT SEED AND WAS ON ITS FIRST RUN AND IN A HEADING OF 270 DEGREES WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO LOSE POWER.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO REACH THE NEARBY GRASS AIRSTRIP PARALLEL TO A ROAD BUT LANDED IN A RICE FIELD AND ROLLED ABOUT 100 YARDS IN A 000 DEGREE HEADING.  AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT 50 YARDS SHORT AND 30 YARDS TO THE RIGHT OF THE AIRSTRIP.  AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED TO A STOP IT FLIPPED OVER I'S NOSE DUE TO THE RICE ACCUMULATION AT THE BOTTOM OF AIRCRAFT.  THE LEFT WING TIP, COCKPIT, AND VERTICAL STABILIZER SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE.  BOTH PROP BLADE TIPS WERE SLIGHTLY BENT BACK TOWARD THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WAS NO POST IMPACT FIRE. THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 137 AGRICULTURAL AERIAL APPLICATION UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 CEN10CA582](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA582), Sep 17, 2010: Air Tractor AT-301 (N2309F), Atkins, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power during low-altitude flight for undetermined reasons.

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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