# NTSB DEN82DA161: Air Tractor AT-301, N1KL, Center, CO, August 12, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: August 12, 1982, 08:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Center, CO
- Coordinates: 37.750247, -106.109863 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7502&lon=-106.1099&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report August 12, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70172
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82DA161
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70172/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA161

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - other person (contributing factor)
  - pull-up - performed, pilot in command
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS ON THE FIRST SWATH RUN OF HIS SECOND LOAD. HE STATED THAT AS HE STARTED TO CROSS BELOW TRANSMISSION LINES, WHEN HE SAW A SMALL BOY AND A DOG APPEAR FROM A DITCH BELOW THE WIRES. HE STATED THAT WHEN HE PULLED UP TO AVOID THE CHILD, THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A WIRE, WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1KL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT-301
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0044
- Airframe hours: 1425
- Engines: P&W R-1340-AN-1 600 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Kenneth Leach
- Registered owner: Kenneth Leach
- Departed: 1V8, CENTER, CO
- Destination: 1V8, CENTER, CO
- Airport: 1V8, Leach

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 5,300 total, 600 in this make and model, 4,950 as pilot in command, 280 in the last 90 days, 100 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Temperature: 142 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ALS, 23 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820812041729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820812041729A), Aug 12, 1982: Airtrc AT301, Center, CO, Substantial damage. Pilot pulled up because of small boy in spray path and aircraft hit powerlines causing crash.

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.

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