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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airtrc AT-401 · Mcclellanville, SC · September 10, 2000

Date
September 10, 2000 · 13:15 local
Place
Mcclellanville, SC
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1009J
Reported as
Airtrc AT401
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340AN1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,000 total1,000 in this make and model50 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.

(-23)During mosquito spraying operations pilot hears a loud bang and aircraft engine started cutting in out. Aircraft lost power and pilot performed emergency landing in marshy area off the coast of charleston, SC. Aircraft impacted marsh and turned over minimum damage to aircraft with no injuries to pilot. Aircraft engine ingested salt water and was destroyed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)DURING MOSQUITO SPRAYING OPERATIONS PILOT HEARS A LOUD BANG AND AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED CUTTING IN OUT. AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING IN MARSHY AREA OFF THE COAST OF CHARLESTON, SC. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED MARSH AND TURNED OVER MINIMUM DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES TO PILOT. AIRCRAFT ENGINE INGESTED SALT WATER AND WAS DESTROYED.