20010717018119I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Wthrly 620B · Bainville, MT · July 17, 2001

Date
July 17, 2001 · 11:00 local
Place
Bainville, MT
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2035N
Reported as
Wthrly 620B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,300 total100 in this make and model22 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) Pilot stated that while spraying a beet field, the engine failed. Forced landing-straight ahead from 4' above ground, minor damage to skin on underside of wing due to hitting steel fence posts. No injury to pilot. No chemical spill.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT WHILE SPRAYING A BEET FIELD, THE ENGINE FAILED. FORCED LANDING-STRAIGHT AHEAD FROM 4' ABOVE GROUND, MINOR DAMAGE TO SKIN ON UNDERSIDE OF WING DUE TO HITTING STEEL FENCE POSTS. NO INJURY TO PILOT. NO CHEMICAL SPILL.