# Incident 20080824849479I: Airtrc AT402, Maquoketa, IA, August 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2008, 09:22 local time
- Place: Maquoketa, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: PMCG
- Location: 42.0605° N, 90.6639° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maquoketa, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0605&lon=-90.6639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1532H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1532H-2022-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-402 (registry code 0390205, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT402
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A27
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 350 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080824849479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED INTERMITTENT POWER WHILE PILOT CIRCLED FORCED LANDING AREA.  ENGINE QUIT AND PILOT LANDED WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO TAILWHEEL AND PROPS TIPS.  THE ENGINE INSPECTED AND A TEAR DOWN WAS CONDUCTED BY PRO-TURBINE IN HOT SPRINGS, AR.  NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PILOT HAD BEEN SPRAYING 3 FIELDS IN A RACE TRACK PATTERN, MAKING ALL TURNS TO THE LEFT.  A SERVICE BULLETIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT STATES THAT THIS KIND OF MANEUVERING CAN CAUSE FUEL MIGRATION WITHIN THE TANKS, AND CAN CAUSE INTERUPTED FUEL FLOW AND POSSIBLE ENGINE FUEL STARVATION.  THERE WAS PLENTY OF FUEL IN THE TANKS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, BUT DUE TO THE MANNER IN WHICH THE PILOT WAS FLYING, IT LEAD TO A FUEL STARVATION ISSUE.

## Other reports on N1532H (1)

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

- [Accident 20200617011219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200617011219A), Jun 17, 2020: Air Tractor Inc AT-402 (N1532H), Pine Bluff, AR, Destroyed. On July 17, 2020 at apprx 1800 hrs local an AT-402, N1532H, sn 402-0852 was conducting aerial application operations dispensing urea at a field apprx 6 miles…

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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