# Accident 20100421032249A: Air Tractor AT-802A, Alpine, TX, April 21, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2010, 18:30 local time
- Place: Alpine, TX
- Airport: Alpine-Casparis Municipal Airp
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: QTEG
- Location: 30.1817° N, 103.5836° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1817&lon=-103.5836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9197F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9197F-2022-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-802A (registry code 0390308, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT-802A
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA217) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100421032249A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 21, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 CDT, THE PILOT OF N9197F, AN AT-802 AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT, WAS MANEUVERING WHILE DISPENSING HERBICIDE PELLETS ON A PASTURE.  THE PILOT REPORTED A COUPLE OF LIGHT COLORED PUFFS OF SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST WHILE MANEUVERING. SHORTLY AFTERWARD, THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD REPORT FOLLOWED BY A LARGE PUFF OF LIGHT SMOKE FROM THE EXHAUST, THEN THE ENGINE SPOOLED DOWN AND LOST THRUST.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND TO THE NORTH ON HWY 118, 15 MILES SOUTH OF ALPINE, TEXAS.  UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE ROAD AND WENT THROUGH A BARBED WIRE FENCE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A FENCE POST AND LANDED IN THE PASTURE.  THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUCK A HOLE AND SHEARED OFF. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO BOTH FLAPS, THE RIGHT AILERON, LOWER AFT FUSELAGE, AND PROPELLER.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## 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 CEN10LA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA217), Apr 21, 2010: Air Tractor AT-802A (N9197F), Alpine, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N9197F (3)

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

- [Accident 20210730008679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210730008679A), Jul 30, 2021: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A (N9197F), Fort Sumner, NM, Destroyed. On July 30, 2021, at 1130 CDT, an Air tractor 802A aircraft bearing registration number N9197F, registered to [privacy data omitted] Air operator, hit the…
- [Incident 20210523002959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210523002959I), May 23, 2021: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A (N9197F), Philipsburg, PA, Minor damage. The pilot stated he was on his fifth or sixth spray pass when the electronic equipment used to track spraying operations began to "flicker". He was approaching…
- [Accident 19970827024249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970827024249A), Aug 27, 1997: Airtrc AT802 (N9197F), Pineland, TX, Substantial damage. Reported right brake locked while landing. Tipped up on right side. Impact tore off right wing and gear. (-23) on August 27, 1997 at 1720 cdst, air tractor…

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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