- Date
- July 18, 1982, 00:40 local (07:40 UTC)
- Place
- San Joaquin, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4326SAir Tractor AT-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820718030149A
- Case key
- 72497
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft engine started running rough on a ferry flight and the pilot decided to make a precautionary landing in a cotton field. During the landing the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4326S
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 300-0006
- Engine
- P & W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Grouleff Aviation
- Registered owner
- Grouleff Aviation
- Departed
- San Joaquin, CA
- Destination
- San Joaquin, CA
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
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 N4326S · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.