# Accident 20141027019469A: Air Tractor Inc AT-301, Connell, WA, October 27, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2014, 11:15 local time
- Place: Connell, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: WZIG
- Location: 46.5939° N, 119.1522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5939&lon=-119.1522&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 INC AT-301
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141027019469A

## Narrative

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

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 SPRINKLER PIVOT WHEEL.

## 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 WPR15LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA023), Oct 27, 2014: Air Tractor AT 301 (N8878S), Basin City, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s and the airplane owner’s failure to inspect the engine for cracks in the cylinders as required by an airworthiness directive, which resulted in the loss of engine power during…

## Other reports on N8878S (1)

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

- [Accident 20100708040249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100708040249A), Jul 8, 2010: Air Tractor AT-301 (N8878S), Garfield, WA, Substantial damage. 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…

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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