# Incident 20000910030639I: Airtrc AT401, Mcclellanville, SC, September 10, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2000, 13:15 local time
- Place: Mcclellanville, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.0807° N, 79.4547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McClellanville, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0807&lon=-79.4547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1009J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1009J-2013-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-401 (registry code 0390204, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT401
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000910030639I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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