# Accident 20110624011459A: Air Tractor Inc AT-301, Circle, MT, June 24, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2011, 08:05 local time
- Place: Circle, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: WLBG
- Location: 47.4222° N, 105.5669° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4222&lon=-105.5669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2362D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2362D-2018-01-16) (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: 6,716 total, 2,917 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA286) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110624011459A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM CIRCLE MT AIRPORT AND MADE A RIGHT TURN ON A 285 HEADING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE FROM AIRPORT WHEN THE PILOT TRIED TO GAIN ALTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT RESPOND AND THE PILOT SAW SOME BLUFFS AHEAD OF HIM AND HE DECIDED THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT SO HE VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND FLEW UP A COULEE. THE RIGHT WING HIT THE SIDE OF A BLUFF. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST DOING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT WING.

## 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 WPR11CA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA286), Jun 24, 2011: Air Tractor AT301 (N2362D), Circle, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain and maintain an adequate airspeed during initial climb.

## Other reports on N2362D (1)

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

- [Accident 19950916029799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950916029799A), Sep 16, 1995: Airtrc AT301 (N2362D), Plains, GA, Substantial damage. Engine quit during spray run. Landed hard. Flipped over. NR3 cylinder rocker arm failed.

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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