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FAA incident report · Airtrc AT-502B · Sanjoaquin, CA · October 15, 2001

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Date
October 15, 2001 · 16:00 local
Place
Sanjoaquin, CA
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6134Y
Reported as
Airtrc AT502B
Pilot’s flight hours
18,746 total2,335 in this make and model400 in the last 90 days
N6134YRegistered now · Air Tractor AT-502BS/N 502B-0308 · Built 1995Airframe modelAir Tractor AT-502BEngine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On 10/15/01 Mr. David alexander park, a commercial pilot, was engaged in agricultural aerial application work. At approximately 4 pm and immediately following a takeoff with a full load of ag chemical while doing field work, Mr. Park believed that something was wrong with the spray system and elected to return for landing 1 & 1/2 miles west of the san joaquin CA, at the grouleff aviation, inc., air strip. As the aircraft touched down it bounced, splashing chemical over the aircraft wind screen and obscuring the pilot's forward sight. The aircraft bounced two additional times, drifting off the runway to the right or east with the landing wheels engaging the soft dirt of an adjoining field. The wheels dug into the dirt and the aircraft nosed over. The propeller and its spinner cover made ground contact and the aircraft bounced back to the up right position. Both blades of the propeller and the spinner were bent. There was no structural damage to the aircraft airframe. The sole occupant and pilot of the aircraft was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 10/15/01 MR. DAVID ALEXANDER PARK, A COMMERCIAL PILOT, WAS ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURAL AERIAL APPLICATION WORK. AT APPROXIMATELY 4 PM AND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A TAKEOFF WITH A FULL LOAD OF AG CHEMICAL WHILE DOING FIELD WORK, MR. PARK BELIEVED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE SPRAY SYSTEM AND ELECTED TO RETURN FOR LANDING 1 & 1/2 MILES WEST OF THE SAN JOAQUIN CA, AT THE GROULEFF AVIATION, INC., AIR STRIP. AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IT BOUNCED, SPLASHING CHEMICAL OVER THE AIRCRAFT WIND SCREEN AND OBSCURING THE PILOT'S FORWARD SIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWO ADDITIONAL TIMES, DRIFTING OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT OR EAST WITH THE LANDING WHEELS ENGAGING THE SOFT DIRT OF AN ADJOINING FIELD. THE WHEELS DUG INTO THE DIRT AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. THE PROPELLER AND ITS SPINNER COVER MADE GROUND CONTACT AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BACK TO THE UP RIGHT POSITION. BOTH BLADES OF THE PROPELLER AND THE SPINNER WERE BENT. THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME. THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INJURED.