# Incident 20100718038699I: Air Tractor AT-502A, Bloomington, IL, July 18, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2010, 14:12 local time
- Place: Bloomington, IL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: NPFG
- Location: 40.4758° N, 88.9699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomington, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4758&lon=-88.9699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1224W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1224W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502A (registry code 0390306, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT-502A
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other 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/20100718038699I

## Narrative

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

WHILE MANEUVERING FOR THE 6TH PASS ON A CORN FIELD BEING SPRAYED THE ENGINE LOST POWER BUT CONTINUED RUNNING AT IDLE. THE POWER LEVER WAS UNRESPONSIVE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A BEAN FIELD 2 MILES EAST OF THE BLOOMINGTON, IL ATCT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N1224W (1)

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

- [Incident 20070708016459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070708016459I), Jul 8, 2007: Airtrc AT502A (N1224W), Le Roy, IL, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] pilot was on approach to land at a rla approximately 4.6 NM NE of Le Roy, Illinois when he struck a power line. The aircraft…

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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