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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airtrc AT802 · Pocahontas, AR · July 8, 2008

Date
July 8, 2008 · 18:00 local
Place
Pocahontas, AR
Airport
Pocahontas Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
C28G
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8525D
Reported as
Airtrc AT802
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 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) (-23) 07/08/2008, N8525D an AT-802 crashed while returning from aerial application. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed, visibility was 10 miles, the wind was south west at 10 mph. Pilot states that the aircraft lost power and then picked backup but failed to maintain power. Pilot further stated he opted to attempt landing in a cultivated bean field and aircraft nosed over damaging the prop, motor and cowling, pilot was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) (-23) 07/08/2008, N8525D AN AT-802 CRASHED WHILE RETURNING FROM AERIAL APPLICATION. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED, VISIBILITY WAS 10 MILES, THE WIND WAS SOUTH WEST AT 10 MPH. PILOT STATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND THEN PICKED BACKUP BUT FAILED TO MAINTAIN POWER. PILOT FURTHER STATED HE OPTED TO ATTEMPT LANDING IN A CULTIVATED BEAN FIELD AND AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER DAMAGING THE PROP, MOTOR AND COWLING, PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.