# Incident 20100713042719I: Air Tractor AT-504, Titusville, FL, July 13, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2010, 13:30 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Space Coast Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5148° N, 80.7992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPACE COAST RGNL (TIX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5148&lon=-80.7992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N173JH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N173JH-2013-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-504 (registry code 0390310, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34AG (registry code 52251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-34ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT-504
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-34AG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 75 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100713042719I

## Narrative

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

DURING THE TAKEOFF PORTION OF AN AIRCRAFT FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK THE CONTROLS FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AIR FORCE WHEN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL INPUTS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO MANEUVER BEYOND ACCEPTABLE LIMITS FOR THE PHASE OF FLIGHT.  ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A POSITIVE CHANGE OF CONTROLS, ONE OR BOTH PILOTS WERE INADVERTENTLY APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES.  THIS ACTION PREVENTED THE AIRCRAFT FROM ACCELERATING TO A SAFE FLYING SPEED AND RENDERED DIRECTIONAL RUDDER INPUTS MOSTLY INEFFECTIVE.  THE EXCESSIVE HEAT BUILDUP EVENTUALLY CAUSED THE BRAKES TO FADE WHICH ALLOWED THE RUDDER TO REGAIN EFFECTIVENESS, BUT NOT IN TIME TO PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT FROM CONTINUING TO EXIT THE RIGHT (NORTH) SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  AT THIS TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DECIDED TO ABORT AND SELECTED REVERSE PROPELLER TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT IN THE GRASS.  AS THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY IT CLIPPED TWO RUNWAY LIGHTS WHICH SEVERED A FITTING ON THE LEFT BRAKE LINE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INFORMED TOWER OF OUR SITUATION AND UPON STOPPING, AND SECURED THE AIRCRAFT.  AFTER INSPECTING THE AIRCRAFT AND ADVISING TOWER VIA CELL PHONE THAT WE WOULD REQUIRE TOWING ASSISTANCE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED ON THE FIELD AND RETURNED TO FLIGHT STATUS.  THE RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE REPAIRED THE SAME DAY.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR OTHER DAMAGE.

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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