Air Tractor AT-301 N7310N

Summary

On 24 February 2013 at about 23:00 local time, a Air Tractor AT-301 registered N7310N, operated by Lannie Towe, was involved in an accident near Greenbrier, Alabama, 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

24 February 2013 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Greenbrier, Alabama, United States

Coordinates

34.6708, -86.8431

Aircraft

Air Tractor AT-301

Registration

N7310N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Lannie Towe

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Greenbrier → Greenbrier

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA13CA163

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from trees.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Near the conclusion of the aerial application flight, the pilot was climbing the airplane away from the field when the right wing struck a tree, resulting in substantial damage. He subsequently returned to the private strip where the airplane was based and landed uneventfully. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.