Air Tractor AT-301 N301AF

Summary

On 25 August 2003 at about 21:30 local time, a Air Tractor AT-301 registered N301AF, operated by Chuck Paris, was involved in an accident near Winnsboro, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

25 August 2003 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Winnsboro, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

32.1531, -91.6983

Aircraft

Air Tractor AT-301

Registration

N301AF

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Chuck Paris

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Winnsboro → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW03LA204

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate inflight planning, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 8,500-hour commercial pilot was performing aerial application on a field when the engine lost power. During the forced landing into a field, the airplane impacted several small trees before coming to rest in an upright position. The pilot reported the fuel on-board from his last takeoff earlier in the day was 60 gallons. The fuel cells were found to be empty.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.