# Incident 19990317021439I: Airtrc AT602, Eunice, LA, March 17, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1999, 11:00 local time
- Place: Eunice, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KGGG
- Location: 30.4904° N, 92.4191° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eunice, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4904&lon=-92.4191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5083M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5083M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-602 (registry code 0390309, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 series (registry code 52118, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-66-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT602
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A65AR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,800 total, 985 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990317021439I

## Narrative

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

WHILE SPREADING RICE, AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET, ENGINE LOST POWR, SMELLED STRANGE ODOR. QUICKLY CHECKED ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FOUND NO PROBLEM. SET UP FOR LANDING IN RICE FIELD. AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD BREAKING TAIL WHEEL. AIRCRAFT CUT THROUGH TWO LEVEES, BREAKING LEFT LANDING GEAR MOUNT BOLTS, AND BENDING PROPELLER BLADES. SPREADER BROKE OFF, DAMAGING FLAPS AND SOME LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN DAMAGE. INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE, FOUND COMPRESSOR FROZEN, OIL LEAKING OUT COMPRESSOR INLET AND POWER TURBINE FREE. FOUND FINE METAL ON CHIP PLUGS AND IN OIL FILTER. NOTE: 100 HOUR INSPECTION AND HOT END INSPECTION AND REPAIR PERFORMED 14.3 HOURS EARLIER. FILTERS AND CHIP PLUGS INSPECTED, NO METAL FOUND. AIRCRAFT REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE ON 3/22/99. ENGINE SENT TO REPAIR FACILITY FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR. SPECIFIC PART FAILURE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

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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