# Incident 19970523011849I: Airtrc AT502, Bunkie, LA, May 23, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1997, 15:15 local time
- Place: Bunkie, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 30.9537° N, 92.1881° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bunkie, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9537&lon=-92.1881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4510S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4510S-2008-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 560 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970523011849I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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