# Accident 20070914023499A: Airtrc AT602, Gasoline, TX, September 14, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2007, 13:40 local time
- Place: Gasoline, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: OBAG
- Location: 34.0014° N, 101.3247° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0014&lon=-101.3247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8522P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8522P-2008-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-602 (registry code 0390309, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT602
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A65AG
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,916 total, 6,136 in this make and model, 500 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070914023499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 8, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 1340 CDT, N8225P, AN AIR TRACTOR 602, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IMPACTED A TERRAIN SOUTH OF GASOLINE, TEXAS, WHICH IS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLOMOT, TEXAS. PILOT WAS INTENDING TO APPLY COMMERCIAL CHEMICALS TO A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF THIS IMPACT SITE. PILOT REALIZED THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS RAPIDLY LOSING POWER. HE DECIDED TO CHECK POWER SETTINGS, ENGAGED AIRCRAFT FUEL BOOST PUMP AND JETTISON THE COMMERCIAL CHEMICALS. PILOT MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IMPACTING A DIRT BANK SEPARATING APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET OF THE RIGHT WING TIP. AIRCRAFT THEN STRUCK A STATIC ELECTRICAL POWER LINE WITH THE VERTICAL TAIL, CROSSING A COUNTY ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT SPUN 180 DEGREES SEVERING OFF ALL THREE LANDING GEARS DURING A SECOND IMPACT WITH ANOTHER DIRT BANK. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET FROM INITIAL IMPACT SITE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE LOWER BELLY SURFACE, WINGS, ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS, ENGINE MOUNTS AND ENGINE PROPELLER. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, WAS ABLE TO EXTRICATE HIMSELF FROM THE WRECKAGE WITH ONLY MINOR BRUISES. AIRCRAFT HAD APPROXIMATELY 3/4 FUEL CAPACITY ON BOARD AT IMPACT SITE.

## 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 DFW07LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA203), Sep 14, 2007: Air Tractor AT 602 (N8522P), Floydada, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A leak in the outer ply of the BeCu bellows. This hole appeared to be the result of pitting corrosion, but the corroding agent was not determined.

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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