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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airtrc AT502B · Edna, TX · June 12, 1998

Date
June 12, 1998 · 14:15 local
Place
Edna, TX
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6107W
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW98LA267
Reported as
Airtrc AT502B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A34AG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,900 total1,000 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot landed on road next to rice field to facilitate loading of fertilzer. On rollout, crosswind pushed the aircraft off the road. Aircraft hit large dirt clods next to the road and flfipped upside down.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED ON ROAD NEXT TO RICE FIELD TO FACILITATE LOADING OF FERTILZER. ON ROLLOUT, CROSSWIND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE ROAD. AIRCRAFT HIT LARGE DIRT CLODS NEXT TO THE ROAD AND FLFIPPED UPSIDE DOWN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.