# Incident 20061003020549I: Airtrc AT502A, Abernathy, TX, October 3, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2006, 18:30 local time
- Place: Abernathy, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: TTWG
- Location: 33.8268° N, 101.8509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Abernathy, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8268&lon=-101.8509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N166MM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N166MM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502A (registry code 0390306, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65B (registry code 52115, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-65b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502A
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A65B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061003020549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 3, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 CDT, THE PILOT OF N166MM, A MODEL 502A AIR TRACTOR AIRCRAFT, NOTICED THE ACCUMULATION OF OIL DEPOSITS ON THE WINDSHIELD AND MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON PAVED COUNTY ROAD CR5200, AKA ALASKA STREET, APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES EAST OF ABERNATHY, TEXAS. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES RECEIVED BY THE PILOT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 137 FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N166MM (1)

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

- [Accident 19990511020549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990511020549A), May 11, 1999: Airtrc AT502A (N166MM), Huffman, TX, Substantial damage. On may 11, 1999, at 1315 central daylight time, an air tractor AT-502A agricultural airplane, N166MM, was substantially damaged while landing at the South…

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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