# Accident 20180620017049A: Air Tractor Inc AT-301, Hutchinson, MN, June 20, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2018, 11:00 local time
- Place: Hutchinson, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 6MTG
- Location: 44.5128° N, 94.3000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5128&lon=-94.3000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3169D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3169D) (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: 3,350 total, 40 in this make and model, 361 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA371](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA371) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180620017049A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE RAN OUT OF FUEL RETURNING TO AIRPORT.

## 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 GAA18CA371](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA371), Jun 20, 2018: Air Tractor AT 301 (N3169D), Hutchinson, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent total loss of engine power.

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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