# Incident 20080708839289I: Airtrc AT802, Pocahontas, AR, July 8, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2008, 18:00 local time
- Place: Pocahontas, AR
- Airport: Pocahontas Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: C28G
- Location: 36.2455° N, 90.9552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POCAHONTAS MUNI (M70), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2455&lon=-90.9552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8525D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8525D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-802A (registry code 0390308, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT802
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080708839289I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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