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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airtrc AT-501 · Lodi, CA · May 17, 2006

Date
May 17, 2006 · 13:42 local
Place
Lodi, CA
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
MBEG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7314R
Reported as
Airtrc AT501
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total3,000 in this make and model125 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot reported that he had just completed mosquito abatement spraying along the mokelumne river and was returning back to his base airport in Lodi CA when the engine sputtered and quit. Aircraft landed in a vineyard sustaining minor damage to the leading edge skin, landing gear, and spray hopper.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD JUST COMPLETED MOSQUITO ABATEMENT SPRAYING ALONG THE MOKELUMNE RIVER AND WAS RETURNING BACK TO HIS BASE AIRPORT IN LODI CA WHEN THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND QUIT. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A VINEYARD SUSTAINING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE SKIN, LANDING GEAR, AND SPRAY HOPPER.