# NTSB investigations: Air Tractor AT-301, 1983

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB FTW83LA396](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA396.md): Air Tractor AT-301 · Addis, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 25, 1983 · N4348S · Substantial damage
  > The acft made a forced landing in a plowed field after colliding with a low hanging transmission wire over a field beingsprayed. The plt applied full power after the collision but a damaged and locked up elevator caused excursions of climbing, stalling and…
- [NTSB FTW83LA394](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA394.md): Air Tractor AT301 · El Campo, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 25, 1983 · N4369S · Substantial damage
  > The acft collided with a berm dam during takeoff and cartwheeled into a rice field. The acft carried heavier fertilizer on this particular takeoff and with increasing Air temperatures, the plt knew he was not going to make it and dumped the load. The dump…
- [NTSB ATL83FKQ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FKQ03.md): Air Tractor AT-301 · Redwood, MS · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 25, 1983 · N8511S · Substantial damage
  > The acft made a forced landing in a soybean field after severe vibration developed during a spraying operation. The pilot stated that the powerplant and flt controls were functioning normally at the time of the accident. An on-scene investigation revealed…
- [NTSB ATL83LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA292.md): Air Tractor AT-301 · Fairfax, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 28, 1983 · N4411S · Substantial damage
  > The acft mushed into the ground after the engine quit from negative g forces imposed by the pilot after clearing a fenceduring a swath run. After the engine lost power due to the temporary fuel starvation the pilot managed to clear some trees and mush into…
- [NTSB LAX83LA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA288.md): Air Tractor AT 301 · Yuma, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 15, 1983 · N4337S · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that he landed on a farm road to inspect the alternator & associated wiring before starting aerial application. Following the inspection, during which nothing was found wrong, he commenced taking off. As the acft was accelerating for takeoff,…
- [NTSB DEN83LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA136.md): Air Tractor AT-301 · Conrad, MT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 9, 1983 · N23069 · Substantial damage
  > The acft landed hard and collapsed the right main landing gear during a forced landing after fuel exhaustion. During a landing to reload the pilot had handled the herbicide on-loading and a ground crewman was loading the acft fuel. The supply of 80/87 octane…
- [NTSB ATL83LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA225.md): Air Tractor AT-301 · Fort Valley, GA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 9, 1983 · N5071S · Substantial damage
  > The eng quit at 200 ft AGL as the plt was returning to a strip. A forced landing was made in a wheat field & the acft rolled through a narrow tree line. The carb float was found cracked & leaking.
- [NTSB FTW83LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA166.md): Air Tractor AT-301 · Newellton, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 24, 1983 · N3652A · Substantial damage
  > Aprx 1 minute after takeoff the acft engine failed. During the forced landing, the acft flipped inverted damaging one wing tip and the vertical stabalizer. Post crash inspection revealed a crack in the number 7 cylinder, from spark plug to spark plug, which…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 1983
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('0390103', '0390105'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=0390103&year=1983

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