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.
(-5)The pilot stated he departed (00N) to conduct an aerial fertilizing operation with 1850 pounds of fertilizer in the hopper. 2000 pounds is the maximum hopper weight. While departing on runway 18 the aircraft would not climb. After unsuccessful attempts to gain altitude the hopper emergency dump was activated, the aircraft made an emergency landing in a field, with no injuries to the occupants and minor damage to the aircraft. On 10/14/98 personnel of the philadelphia FSDO performed a preliminary inspection of the aircraft at Bucks Airport. This inspection showed no evidence of mechanical failure.
As the FAA filed it
(-5)THE PILOT STATED HE DEPARTED (00N) TO CONDUCT AN AERIAL FERTILIZING OPERATION WITH 1850 POUNDS OF FERTILIZER IN THE HOPPER. 2000 POUNDS IS THE MAXIMUM HOPPER WEIGHT. WHILE DEPARTING ON RUNWAY 18 THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLIMB. AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO GAIN ALTITUDE THE HOPPER EMERGENCY DUMP WAS ACTIVATED, THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD, WITH NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. ON 10/14/98 PERSONNEL OF THE PHILADELPHIA FSDO PERFORMED A PRELIMINARY INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AT BUCKS AIRPORT. THIS INSPECTION SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL FAILURE.
Other reports on N6743Q · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.