# Incident 20170730012059I: Air Tractor Inc AT-301, Adrian, OR, July 30, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2017, 09:25 local time
- Place: Adrian, OR
- Airport: Bybee Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 20TG
- Location: 43.8978° N, 116.9900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BYBEE FLD (97OG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8978&lon=-116.9900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23811, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23811-2019-10-04) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170730012059I

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION OF EVENT:

PILOT SAID JUST AS HE PULLED UP FROM MAKING A PASS OVER AN ONION FIELD THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED, NO SPUTTERING OR COUGHING, JUST QUIT. PILOT STATED THAT INITIALLY HE WANTED TO LAND ON A ROAD, BUT IT BECAME APPARENT THAT HE COULDN'T MAKE IT. HE EXPLAINED HE JUST CLEARED A POWER POLE WITH A TRANSFORMER MOUNTED ON IT, AND LINED UP TO LAND ON A BEET DUMPING AREA. THE AIRPLANE ROLLED OFF THE PACKED DIRT SURFACE OF THE BEET DUMP AREA AND ROLLED UPHILL OVER A BURM AND THE RIGHT WING MADE CONTACT WITH A TELEPHONE POLE THAT WAS COVERED BY WEEDS AND BARLEY.

CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:

POWERPLANT (R-1340) FAILURE.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

NONE

COMMENTS:

PILOT DID A VERY NICE JOB OF MAINTAINING CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT, SITATIONAL AWARENESS, PICKING A SUITABLE LANDING LOCATION IN A VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME.

## Other reports on N23811 (1)

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

- [Accident 20040712015929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040712015929A), Jul 12, 2004: Airtrc AT301 (N23811), Waitsburg, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) During landing, a dust devil pushed the aircraft to the left side of the runway. The left spray boom contacted the wheat alongside the runway, causing…

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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