# Incident 20030309002789I: Airtrc AT502, Firebaugh, CA, March 9, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2003, 11:30 local time
- Place: Firebaugh, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8511° N, 120.4526° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Firebaugh, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8511&lon=-120.4526&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4556S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4556S-2018-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,800 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030309002789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER A HURRIED PREFLIGHT, DURING WHICH AN ACCURATE DETERMINATION OF ONBOARD FUEL QUANTITY WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED, THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED FOR APPROXIMATELY 1.5 HOURS. AFTER COMPLETING THE SPRAY APPLICATION THE PILOT BANKED LEFT TO RETURN FOR LANDING WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION (NO FUEL IN THE TANKS).

## Other reports on N4556S (1)

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

- [Accident 20120922021699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120922021699A), Sep 22, 2012: Air Tractor Inc AT-502 (N4556S), Firebaugh, CA, Substantial damage. At aproximately 5:10 pm the pilot was departing a private agriculteral airstrip for the first spraying application for the day. The aircraft was full of fuel…

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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