- Date
- June 9, 1983, 09:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Conrad, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N23069Air Tractor AT-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830609024829A
- Case key
- 16090
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
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 fuel was exhausted but there was 100 octane available. The pilot was told about the fuel supply but he made no reply as he was busy loading herbicide. The refueling was not completed. About an hour after takeoff the engine ceased operation during a pull-up maneuver. After the accident the pilots father drained about 1 cup of fuel fromeach fuel tank. The pilot stated he should have topped off with fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23069
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0350
- Airframe hours
- 435
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Minuteman Aerial Application
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 5, 1983 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- S01 · Conrad, MT
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 901 total · 343 in this make and model · 701 as pilot in command · 115 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CTB, 32 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.