# Incident 20140708017039I: Air Tractor Inc AT-401, Weslaco, TX, July 8, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2014, 15:05 local time
- Place: Weslaco, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: MDQG
- Location: 26.1605° N, 97.9877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Weslaco, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1605&lon=-97.9877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9159A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9159A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-401 (registry code 0390204, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-401) (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-401
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140708017039I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 8, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:05 HOURS, AN AIR TRACTOR, AT-401, N9159A OWNED BY BARAJAS INC. AND OPERATED BY MOAD AVIATION INC., CRASHED NEAR DONNA, TX.   VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE PILOT DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGED AND THE PILOT, COMMERCIAL - MULTI, SINGLE, INSTRUMENT RATED, SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN WESLACO, TX ON 07/08/2014 AT 14:45 HOURS.

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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