Air Tractor 301 N3167P
26 July 2002 · Ulen, Minnesota, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 26 July 2002 at about 16:00 local time, a Air Tractor 301 registered N3167P was involved in an accident near Ulen, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 16:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Ulen, Minnesota, United States
- Nearest airport
- Private airstrip
- Coordinates
- 47.0697, -96.2491
- Aircraft
- Air Tractor 301
- Registration
- N3167P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 137: Agricultural
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial Application
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Ulen → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI02LA221
People
1 person had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Probable cause
The pilot not performing an aborted takeoff. A factor was the soybean crop.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane was damaged when it impacted into a soybean field and nosed over during takeoff from a private airstrip. In a written statement, the pilot stated, "Departed as normal, aircraft at midpoint didn't seem to accelerate normally. By the time I got done rechecking flaps, prop, mixture, [and] power, my booms caught the soybeans [and] pulled me down until I went inverted. A postaccident examination of the airplane did not reveal any anomalies.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Air Tractor 301 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jul 1999 | Air Tractor 301 | Drew, Mississippi, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Mar 1999 | Air Tractor 301 | Finley, Tennessee, United States | George S Hollingsworth | No injuries | - |
| 26 Feb 1998 | Air Tractor 301-300 | Woodland, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Sep 2006 | Air Tractor 301 | Big Spring, Texas, United States | Harold Griffith | No injuries | - |
| 3 Jul 2007 | Air Tractor 301 | Lueders, Texas, United States | Murphree Flying Service Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 5 Sep 1996 | Air Tractor 301 | St Clair, Alabama, United States | Farm Air, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jan 2002 | Wolter AVID FLYER | Rush City, Minnesota, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 11 Jun 2002 | Bell 47G-2A-1 | Jordan, Minnesota, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 5 Sep 2002 | Cessna 152 | Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jul 2002 | Hale KITFOX MODEL III | Fairmont, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Aug 2002 | Mooney M20C | Warroad, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Nov 2002 | Beechcraft D35 | Dodge Center, Minnesota, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |