# Accident 20220807007869A: Air Tractor Inc AT-301, Circle, MT, August 7, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2022, 08:49 local time
- Place: Circle, MT
- Airport: Circle Town County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: WLBG
- Location: 47.3697° N, 105.4406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3697&lon=-105.4406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36542, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36542) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,846 total, 4,667 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22LA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA293) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220807007869A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 17, 2022 AT 0849 MST, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-301, N36542, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOST POWER AND IMPACTED THE GROUND WHILE ON A CFR PART 137 AGRICULTURAL SPRAYING FLIGHT . VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM A PRIVATE STRIP (4U6) IN CIRCLE, MONTANA AT 0800 AND WAS RETURNING THERE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AFTER THE SPRAYING MISSION WAS COMPLETED.

## 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 WPR22LA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA293), Aug 7, 2022: Air Tractor AT-301 (N36542), Circle, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to carburetor ice. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to use carburetor heat.

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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