# Incident 20011015027729I: Airtrc AT502B, Sanjoaquin, CA, October 15, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2001, 16:00 local time
- Place: Sanjoaquin, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.6056° N, 120.1898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Joaquin, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6056&lon=-120.1898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6134Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6134Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502B
- Pilot flight hours: 18,746 total, 2,335 in this make and model, 400 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011015027729I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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