# Accident 20020820021409A: Airtrc AT502B, Rigby, ID, August 20, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2002, 07:00 local time
- Place: Rigby, ID
- Airport: Rigby-Jefferson County Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: JRFG
- Location: 43.6333° N, 111.9167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6333&lon=-111.9167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6146G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6146G-2003-05-19) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA02LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020820021409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE TAKEOFF ROLL WAS ON RUNWAY 19. AFTER LIFT OFF THE PILOT STARTED TO TURN LEFT WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED THROWING LOTS OF SPARKS AND SMOKE OUT OF THE EXHAUST STACKS. THE PILOT ROLLED THE WINGS LEVEL, AND LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD IN THE FARMERS FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED ABOUT 500FT WHEN IT CAME ACROSS AN IRRIGATION DITCH. THE AIRCRAFT HOPPED THE DITCH TEARING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR, AND THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLY OFF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROX. 40' FROM THE DITCH. THE NTSB IS HAVING THE ENGINE SHIPPED TO PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA TO DO THE ENGINE TEAR DOWN. THIS SHEET WILL BE AMENDED WHEN THE TEAR DOWN REPORT IS AVAILABLE FROM PRATT AND WHITNEY. (.19) ON AUGUST 20, 2002, APPROXIMATELY 0652 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-502B SPRAY PLANE, N6146G, REGISTERED TO/OPERATED BY QUEEN BEE AIR SPECIALTIES, INC., AND BEING FLOWN BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF POWER SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THE RIGBY-JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT, RIGBY, IDAHO. THE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE FLIGHT, WHICH WAS DEPARTING FOR A SPRAY R   UN, WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR 137, AND DEPARTED THE RIGBY AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 0650. THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE FAA THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 19, POWER WAS LOST AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS MANEUVERED TO A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD. THE PILOT CALLED THE ACCIDENT IN ON HIS CELL PHONE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA02LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA161), Aug 20, 2002: Air Tractor AT-502B (N6146G), Rigby, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of one or more compressor turbine blades resulting in a shutdown of the engine during initial climb resulting in a forced landing. Contributing factors were the eroded condition of the…

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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