19961006037699I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airtrc AT-802 · Coolidge, AZ · October 6, 1996

Date: October 6, 1996 · 08:30 local
Place: Coolidge, AZ
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: JWPG
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6059L
Reported as: Airtrc AT802
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 16,000 total500 in this make and model400 in the last 90 days

N6059LRegistration cancelled Mar 7, 2017 · Air Tractor AT-802S/N 802A-0013 · Built 1994 Airframe modelAir Tractor AT-802 Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on 10/06/96 at approximately 0800 the aircraft departed a privately owned airstrip for agricultural spraying purposes. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot circled the field to be sprayed at approx. 100' AGL to check for wind conditions. Without indication of any powerplant abnormalities, the engine abruptly lost power. The pilot maneuvered the aircraft and landed in the cotton field.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 10/06/96 AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED A PRIVATELY OWNED AIRSTRIP FOR AGRICULTURAL SPRAYING PURPOSES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE PILOT CIRCLED THE FIELD TO BE SPRAYED AT APPROX. 100' AGL TO CHECK FOR WIND CONDITIONS. WITHOUT INDICATION OF ANY POWERPLANT ABNORMALITIES, THE ENGINE ABRUPTLY LOST POWER. THE PILOT MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED IN THE COTTON FIELD.

Other reports on N6059L · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20010310003929ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Maricopa, AZ(.19) On March 10, 2001, at 1143 hours MST, an air tractor AT-802, N6059L, collided with a vehicle on landing at a private agricultural landing strip in Maricopa, Arizona. The commercial pilot was not injured. The flight was operated by sarita aerial…Mar 10, 2001 · Substantial damage