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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-400 · Grand Forks, ND · August 21, 2018

Date
August 21, 2018 · 08:49 local
Place
Grand Forks, ND
Phase of flight
Unknown
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
JPXG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7300M
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR18LA234
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-400
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft crashed into a field across the road from the field that the aircraft was spraying. The pilot was badly injured, including leg and head injuries. The pilot continues to recover in the hospital and has no memory of the accident or what may have lead up to it.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A FIELD ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE FIELD THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS SPRAYING. THE PILOT WAS BADLY INJURED, INCLUDING LEG AND HEAD INJURIES. THE PILOT CONTINUES TO RECOVER IN THE HOSPITAL AND HAS NO MEMORY OF THE ACCIDENT OR WHAT MAY HAVE LEAD UP TO IT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.