# Accident 20110510007989A: Air Tractor Inc AT-301, Garwood, TX, May 10, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2011, 08:00 local time
- Place: Garwood, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: A3NG
- Location: 29.4497° N, 96.5097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4497&lon=-96.5097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5097S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5097S-2020-08-02) (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 INC AT-301
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 469 total, 193 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA330) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110510007989A

## Narrative

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

THE N5097S WAS STARTING AN EAST TO WEST SWATH RUN AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET WHEN IT STRUCK THE LOWER RUNG OF POWER LINES THAT RAN ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE RICE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN DESTROYED UPON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND ABOUT 300 FEET BEYOND. THE PILOT ONLY RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 CEN11CA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA330), May 10, 2011: Air Tractor AT-301 (N5097S), Garwood, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from transmission wires during a low-level maneuvering flight.

## Other reports on N5097S (1)

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

- [Accident 19860320036369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860320036369A), Mar 20, 1986: Airtrc AT301 (N5097S), Prescott, WA, Substantial damage. Right brake lock system inadvertently locked in flight. Ground looped on landing, ended up on nose, fire started.

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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