20100725043279A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-602 · Galesburg, IL · July 25, 2010

Date: July 25, 2010 · 14:30 local
Place: Galesburg, IL
Phase of flight: Maneuver
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: G6DG
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N8521L
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN10LA437
Reported as: Air Tractor AT-602
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 22,200 total350 in this make and model125 in the last 90 days

N8521LRegistration cancelled Sep 7, 2011 · Air Tractor AT-602S/N 602-0703 · Built 2004 Airframe modelAir Tractor AT-602 Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesTurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot states that he had been in the Air for approximately one hour and had just finished spraying a field and his hopper was empty. He stated that he departed the field, climbed to between 500 and 600 feet and was going to go check another field that he was going to spray next. It was at this point that he says the engine just lost power and the prop went to flat pitch. The aircraft went over some power lines and landed in a corn field.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATES THAT HE HAD BEEN IN THE AIR FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR AND HAD JUST FINISHED SPRAYING A FIELD AND HIS HOPPER WAS EMPTY. HE STATED THAT HE DEPARTED THE FIELD, CLIMBED TO BETWEEN 500 AND 600 FEET AND WAS GOING TO GO CHECK ANOTHER FIELD THAT HE WAS GOING TO SPRAY NEXT. IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT HE SAYS THE ENGINE JUST LOST POWER AND THE PROP WENT TO FLAT PITCH. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OVER SOME POWER LINES AND LANDED IN A CORN FIELD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN10LA437Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportYates City, ILThe loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.Jul 25, 2010 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N8521L · 1

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

Accident 20071011826489ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Columbia, LA(-23) While engaged in agricultural spraying the pilot was attempting to land on a remote area on a dirt road 10 miles north of Columbia, LA. While landing, the right wing struck vegetation growing on the side of the dirt road causing the aircraft to spin and…Oct 11, 2007 · Substantial damage