# Incident 20010521008729I: Airtrc AT402B, Swan Quarter, NC, May 21, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2001, 08:30 local time
- Place: Swan Quarter, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: WUVG
- Location: 35.4130° N, 76.3197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Swan Quarter, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4130&lon=-76.3197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5127T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5127T-2017-11-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-402B (registry code 0390208, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT402B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A15AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 1,795 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010521008729I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS LANDING AT A PRIVATE STRIP IN FAIRFIELD, NC DURING HIS AGRICULTURAL SPRAYING OPERATIONS. DURING LANDING, THE PILOT NOTICED SOME SAND ON THE RUNWAY, BUT THOUGHT HE COULD AVOID IT.  HOWEVER, DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE AIRCRAFT PROP STRUCK THE SAND.  THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, THE SPRAY BOOM, AND THE DROP NOZZLES.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS A SMALL LEAK FROM THE DROP NOZZLES, SO THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNLOADED OF ALL CHEMICALS.  THERE WAS NO BIOHAZARD AREA.

## Other reports on N5127T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20120817021909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120817021909A), Aug 17, 2012: Air Tractor Inc AT-402B (N5127T), Gum Neck, NC, Substantial damage. Operator attempted take off fully loaded from unfamilier soft field runway. Runway condition was tall grass, with rutts and holes. Aircraft sprung into Air…

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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