# Accident 20250806010719A: Air Tractor Inc AT-301, Davenport, ND, August 6, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2025, 20:40 local time
- Place: Davenport, ND
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KHBG
- Location: 46.7432° N, 96.9902° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7432&lon=-96.9902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23069, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23069) (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: 10,727 total, 8,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA306) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250806010719A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED BASE OF OPERATIONS AT 1940 CDT TO CONDUCT AERIAL APPLICATION. THE PIC COMPLETED THE APPLICATION WORK AND NOTED THE LEFT FUEL GAUGE INDICATED "LOW".  PIC SWITCHED TO THE RIGHT-SIDE GAUGE AS HE BELIEVED THE RIGHT TANK HAD MORE FUEL.  THE "LOW FUEL LIGHT" INDICATOR ILUMINATED SHORTLY AFTER SWITCHING TO THE RIGHT GAUGE.  MOMENTS LATER, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER.  THE PIC TRIED TO USE THE MANUAL FUEL PUMP TO REGAIN POWER WITH NO SUCCESS.  THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND AND QUIT.  AT APPOXIMATELY 2035 CDT THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO LAND, WITHOUT POWER, IN A CORNFIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE CORN FIELD BUT FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN DUE TO EXTREMELY MUDDY TERRAIN.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PIC SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  NO POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 CEN25LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA306), Aug 7, 2025: Air Tractor AT-301 (N23069), Davenport, ND, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N23069 (3)

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

- [Accident 19870405008359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870405008359A), Apr 5, 1987: Airtrc AT301 (N23069), Conrad, MT, Substantial damage. The aircraft was forced to land after engine failure. Turbocharger damaged by loose washer. One magneto had failed.
- [Accident 19830609024829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830609024829A), Jun 9, 1983: Airtrc AT301 (N23069), Conrad, MT, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel on pullup from a spray run. Impacted the ground in a high sink rate. Failed to check fuel.
- [Accident 19820103000069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820103000069A), Jan 3, 1982: Airtrc AT301 (N23069), Greenough, MT, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted takeoff from road with snowbanks on side of road. Aircraft veered and crashed into snowbank.

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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