19970523011849I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Airtrc AT-502 · Bunkie, LA · May 23, 1997

Date: May 23, 1997 · 15:15 local
Place: Bunkie, LA
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N4510S
Reported as: Airtrc AT502
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,700 total560 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N4510SRegistration cancelled Feb 7, 2008 · Air Tractor AT-502S/N 502-0092 · Built 1990 Airframe modelAir Tractor AT-502 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60ATurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Narrative: pilot had just completed application pass, turned aircraft up and to right when the engine quit aircraft was at 200 ft AGL. Pilot landed next to interstate I-49 on a side road. The left wing struck a road sign and aircraft pivoted to the left. The aircraft came to a stop in a grassy area next to the road. No one was hurt. Aircraft was flown out for repairs on a ferry flight.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT HAD JUST COMPLETED APPLICATION PASS, TURNED AIRCRAFT UP AND TO RIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT AIRCRAFT WAS AT 200 FT AGL. PILOT LANDED NEXT TO INTERSTATE I-49 ON A SIDE ROAD. THE LEFT WING STRUCK A ROAD SIGN AND AIRCRAFT PIVOTED TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN A GRASSY AREA NEXT TO THE ROAD. NO ONE WAS HURT. AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN OUT FOR REPAIRS ON A FERRY FLIGHT.