# Incident 20030813036339I: Airtrc AT402B, Truesdale, MA, August 13, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2003, 18:30 local time
- Place: Truesdale, MA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N60998, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60998-2024-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-402B (registry code 0390208, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT402B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 700 in this make and model, 310 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030813036339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. CARPENTER LANDED DUE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS ON THE LAST QUARTER OF A GRASS LANDING STRIP. DUE TO INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINING, THE PILOT USED HIGH REVERSE THRUST AND BRAKING RESULTING IN A LOSS OF CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY INTO A FIELD OF SEVEN FOOT STANDING CORN. A RESULT OF THE PROPELLER'S CONTACT WITH THE CORN LEFT ONE PROPELLER BLADE SEVERELY BENT AT THE TIP WITH POSSIBLE SLIGHT DAMAGE TO ANOTHER PROPELLER BLADE. PILOT INDUCED.

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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