# Incident 20210430007629I: Air Tractor Inc AT-301, Tahlequah, OK, April 30, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2021, 07:22 local time
- Place: Tahlequah, OK
- Airport: Tahlequah
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9303° N, 95.0045° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAHLEQUAH MUNI (TQH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9303&lon=-95.0045&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8774S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8774S-2023-04-01) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 10 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210430007629I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT, ENROUTE TO SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA, HE WAS STOPPING AT THE TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA AIRPORT FOR FUEL. WHILE LANDING THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 17, SOUTH APPROACH. DURING ROLLOUT OF APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT VEARED RIGHT AND THE AIRCRAFTS NOSE PITCHED FORWARD,  LEAVING EVIDENCE OF PROPELLER MARKS ON RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE CASE SUMP EMBEDDED IN THE SOIL JUST OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER ON ITS TOP, CAUSING  VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE FIBERGLASS PANEL ABOVE THE COCKPIT WITH PROPELLER TIP DAMAGE AND SUMP DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD RECENTLY RECIEVED HIS TAILWHEEL ENDORSEMENT APPROXIMATELY 10 HOURS PRIOR.

## Other reports on N8774S (2)

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

- [Accident 20100716038809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100716038809A), Jul 16, 2010: Air Tractor AT-301 (N8774S), Edmore, ND, Substantial damage. During landing operator landed on cross runway on his farm strip which had not been mowed. Long grass factor in ground loop of aircraft damaging right/rear…
- [Incident 19860814051629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860814051629I), Aug 14, 1986: Airtrc AT301 (N8774S), Little Falls, MN, Minor damage. Engine ran rough after takeoff. Dumped chemicals. Landed on soft wet field and nosed over. Cylinder was broken.

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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