- Date
- August 6, 2025, 20:35 local (Aug 7, 2025, 01:35 UTC)
- Place
- Davenport, ND
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N23069Air Tractor AT-301
- Defining event
- Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration, Fargo FSDO
- FAA report
- 20250806010719A
- Case key
- 200731
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On August 6, 2025, at 2035 central daylight time, an Air Tractor Inc AT-301 airplane, N23069, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Davenport, North Dakota. The commercial pilot sustained serious injuries. The airplane was operated under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 as an aerial application flight. The pilot stated that the flight proceeded as expected, and he completed the aerial application successfully. During the return climb to approximately 500 ft above ground level, he noticed the left fuel tank was low and switched fuel gauge indications to the left fuel tank. Shortly afterwards, the low fuel light illuminated, and the airplane experienced a loss of engine power. He immediately actuated the wobble pump and attempted to restore fuel flow manually, but the engine did not respond. As the airplane began to lose altitude, he prepared for and performed a forced landing in a nearby cornfield. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings and fuselage during the forced landing. The airplane was retained for further examination.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23069
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0350
- Built
- 1981
- Airframe hours
- 8,857.3
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Ag Spray Inc
- Registered owner
- Ag Spray Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 30, 2025
- Departed
- Moorehead, MN
- Destination
- Moorehead, MN
- Equipment
- Stall warning system
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 2 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 76 °F, dew point 62 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NDAWN-23, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N23069 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.