NTSB investigations: Air Tractor AT-301, TX
55 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Air Tractor AT-301. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.
Cases per year
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| 1978 | 1 |
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| 2010 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 |
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'TX' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('0390103', '0390105'))
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SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'TX' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('0390103', '0390105'))
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NTSB CEN14LA287Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT 301 · Pearsall, TXThe failure of the No. 1 cylinder rod at the link pin. Contributing to the accident was oil starvation to the rod bearing due to the improper flushing of the oil cooler, which allowed metal and other debris in the oil to clog the drain and the led to the…NTSB CEN13LA341Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Farnsworth, TXThe partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because the postaccident engine examination revealed no anomalies.NTSB CEN12LA589Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Ralls, TXThe total loss of engine power due to a fatigue failure of the rocker arm journal casting of the rocker arm cap.NTSB CEN11CA330Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Garwood, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from transmission wires during a low-level maneuvering flight.NTSB CEN10CA262Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · D'Hanis, TXThe pilot's failure to properly set the airplane's flaps prior to takeoff.NTSB DEN08LA105Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301A · Garwood, TXA loss of engine power due to the total failure of the number 2 cylinder.NTSB DFW07LA148Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor 301 · Lueders, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent impact with terrain.NTSB DFW06CA214Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportAir Tractor 301 · Big Spring, TXA loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as result of the pilot's failure to refuel the airplane. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.NTSB DFW05CA003Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Coahoma, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for landing.NTSB FTW04LA132Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Donna, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the high tension power lines.NTSB FTW04LA021Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · San Angelo, TXThe pilot's improper weather evaluation and the wrong runway selection. A contributing factor was the tailwind.NTSB FTW02LA030Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Anton, TXThe total loss of engine power while maneuvering due to a cracked cylinder, which resulted in a forced landing. A factor was lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.NTSB FTW02LA020Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Morton, TXThe pilot's loss of control of the airplane during an aerial application maneuver.NTSB FTW01LA011Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Littlefield, TXthe pilot's failure to maintain clearance with a guy wire while maneuvering during an aerial application flight.NTSB FTW00LA168Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Garwood, TXthe loss of engine power in cruise flight as a result of the failure of the right magneto. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.NTSB FTW00LA159Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Garwood, TXThe failure of the supercharger seal resulting in the loss of engine power. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.NTSB FTW00LA012Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Olton, TXThe 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.NTSB FTW99LA204Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Victoria, TXThe separation of the engine cowling due to a fractured support bracket, which resulted in the cowling striking and bending four engine push rods causing a loss of engine power. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.NTSB FTW99LA140Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Brownwood, TXThe failure of the pilot-in-command to use the manufacturer's published checklist and extend the flaps prior to takeoff. A factor was the pilot's fatigued physiological condition as a result of extended flight and ground duty hours.NTSB FTW99LA107Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Garwood, TXThe pilot's inability to maintain directional control of the airplane as result of the failure of the right brake system due to the stripped threads on the eye bolt connecting the brake pedal to the brake master cylinder.NTSB FTW98LA304Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Plainview, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain obstacle clearance during the aerial application flight. A factor was the transmission wire.NTSB FTW97LA317Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Vernon, TXfailure of the pilot to maintain clearance from an irrigation pipe. Factors relating to the accident were: the poor light condition at dusk, the object (vertical piece of irragation pipe), loss of engine power from foreign object damage, and the lack of…NTSB FTW97LA242Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Edna, TXfailure of the pilot to maintain clearance from a guy wire, during a swath run.NTSB FTW96LA371Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Meadow, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the transmission wire. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.NTSB FTW95LA362Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Dalhart, TXthe pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during takeoff.NTSB FTW95LA028Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Lubbock, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the irrigation equipment. A factor was pilot fatigue.NTSB FTW94LA278Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Lazbuddie, TXThe pilot's premature liftoff and the resultant stall during takeoff. A factor was the density altitude.NTSB FTW92DQG01Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Lubbock, TXThe pilot's selection of a downwind runway for takeoff. A factor was the tailwind.NTSB FTW92DPA01Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Dekalb, TXLoss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.NTSB FTW90DRG04Accident · No injuriesFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Mission, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain proper clearance above the crops he was spraying. A factor was the tree induced mechanical turbulence encountered during the descending turn.NTSB FTW89DRG08Accident · No injuriesFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Rio Hondo, TXImproper compensation for wind conditions by the pilot. Factors related to the accident were the adverse wind conditions.NTSB FTW88DRG05Accident · No injuriesFinal reportAir Tractor 301 · Circleville, TXThe airplane was being ferried to a new location, and an en route refueling stop was planned. A low ceiling and low visibility set in and the pilot tried to extend the flight to a different town. The fuel was exhausted 6 miles short of a town. The airplane…NTSB FTW87DRG04Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportAir Tractor AT301 · Santa Rosa, TXThe pilot was dusting a sugar cane field which bordered a dirt road with parallel electrical transmission lines. The pilot had been terminating his swath runs by flying underneath the electrical wires at the edge of the field. To prevent becoming a hazard to…NTSB FTW87DRA07Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Anahuac, TXThe acft was substantially damaged when it encountered soft terrain and flipped over during a forced landing. The forced landing was executed following a complete loss of eng power during a swath run on an aerial application flight. The cause of the eng…NTSB FTW86FRG20Accident · No injuriesFinal reportAir Tractor AT301 · Taylor, TXCommercial pilot of an Air Tractor AT301 enroute to base of operations at Taylor, TX executed a forced landing after experiencing severe vibration in the aircraft. Landing was made to a soft field. The aircraft nosed over during landing roll and was…NTSB FTW85LRA02Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportAir Tractor AT301 · Anahuac, TXThe acft collided with the ground after the engine reportedly lost power for an undetermined reason. Due to the low altitude while applying fertilizer the acft had to be landed in the path of flt.NTSB FTW85LA039Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Mission, TXAfter a loss of oil pressure the acft was landed downwind. During the precautionary landing across plowed furrows, the rt wing caught in the sugar cane crop and the acft turned to the rt, collapsing the left landing gear and damaging the left wing. The plts…NTSB FTW85LA017Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Seminole, TXThe plt reported that while on a local flt the engine 'blew up' & he made an emergency landing. He stated that the windshield was covered with oil & he could not see to flare the acft & landed hard. Inspection revealed a failure of the #4 rod at the master…NTSB FTW84LA324Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Abernathy, TXThe acft collided with the bank of a drainage ditch in a field during a spray operation at which time the left main gearwas knocked off the acft. A precautionary landing was made during which the acft ground looped and the right main gear collapsed.NTSB FTW84LA274Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT301 · San Benito, TXAt the beginning of the initial swath run the acft collided with power lines. The power lines remained attached to the acft throughout the uncontrolled descent into a cotton field.NTSB FTW83LA394Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAir Tractor AT301 · El Campo, TXThe acft collided with a berm dam during takeoff and cartwheeled into a rice field. The acft carried heavier fertilizer on this particular takeoff and with increasing Air temperatures, the plt knew he was not going to make it and dumped the load. The dump…NTSB FTW82DA286Accident · No injuriesFinal reportAir Tractor AT-301 · Rio Hondo, TXImmediately after takeoff, the engine lost power and a forced landing was made in a field of tall cotton. After landing in the cotton field with four-foot-high stalks, the pilot as unable to maintain directional control and the plane was substantially…NTSB FTW82DRJ13Accident · 1 fatalFinal reportAir Tractor 301 · Clarksville, TXThe pilot stated that he briefed the two flagmen about moving to next row as soon as the aircraft was lined up on the swath run. Both flagmen moved properly until on the fatal pass one flagman did not move and the aircraft struck him. The flagman struck by…NTSB FTW82DA202Accident · No injuriesFinal reportAir Tractor AT 301 · New Deal, TXThe pilot departed an ag strip with a heavily loaded aircraft. Reportedly, the elevation and temperature were 3338 ft and 87 deg. After climbing to about 45 ft AGL, he entered a right turn. At this time, he noticed engine roughness and a loss of manifold…NTSB FTW82DRG32Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportAir Tractor 301 · Mcallen, TXThe pilot reported that the engine failed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft was substantially damaged when it hit a canal bank at the end of the airstrip. According to the operator, the blower section failed which resulted in the loss of power.NTSB FTW82DA101Accident · No injuriesFinal reportSnow AT-301 · Spearman, TXWhen the aircraft lost power after spraying crops the pilot executed a forced landing in a field. During the landing the aircraft nosed over. Investigation revealed that an induction hose had failed and blocked the carburetor. A service letter relating to…NTSB FTW81FRG58Accident · No injuriesClosedSnow AT-301 · San Benito, TXNTSB FTW81FRG55Accident · No injuriesClosedAir Tractor AT-301 · La Villa, TXNTSB FTW81FRG36Accident · No injuriesClosedAir Tractor AT-301 · Pharr, TXNTSB FTW80DRA33Accident · No injuriesClosedAir Tractor AT-301 · Alvin, TX