# Incident 19961006037699I: Airtrc AT802, Coolidge, AZ, October 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1996, 08:30 local time
- Place: Coolidge, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: JWPG
- Location: 32.9778° N, 111.5176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coolidge, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9778&lon=-111.5176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6059L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6059L-2017-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-802 (registry code 0390305, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT802
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 400 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961006037699I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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 20010310003929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010310003929A), Mar 10, 2001: Airtrc AT802 (N6059L), Maricopa, AZ, Substantial damage. (.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…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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