# NTSB MIA86LA183: Air Tractor AT-301, N23930, Vaiden, MS, June 14, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 14, 1986, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Vaiden, MS
- Coordinates: 33.330524, -89.749954 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3305&lon=-89.7500&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31654
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA183
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31654/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA183

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT UPON LANDING IN A COW PASTURE HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE ACFT. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A VEHICLE LOCATED AT THE FAR END AND OFF TO ONE SIDE OF THE PASTURE. THE ACFT THEN TRAVELED THROUGH A FENCE AND A DITCH BEFORE COMING TO REST INVERTED ON A HIGHWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N23930](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23930-2011-01-27), registration cancelled 2011-01-27, S/N 301-0465, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT-301
- Registry model: [Air Tractor AT-301](https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-301) (registry code 0390103) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R1340 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (registry code 52016, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 301-0465
- Airframe hours: 1560
- Engines: P&W R-1340 600 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Bob Provine
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 3, 1986

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 2,400 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 2,400 as pilot in command, 150 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GWO, 19 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 19860614024209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860614024209A), Jun 14, 1986: Airtrc AT301, Vaiden, MS, Substantial damage. Lost control on landing in a pasture. Veered to one side, hit vehicle,flipped over. Used pasture as a landing site.

## Other investigations on N23930 (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW00LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA012), Oct 14, 1999: Air Tractor AT-301 (N23930), Olton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inflight separation of the propeller blade due to damage from a wire strike. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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