# Accident 20100725043279A: Air Tractor AT-602, Galesburg, IL, July 25, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2010, 14:30 local time
- Place: Galesburg, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: G6DG
- Location: 40.7931° N, 90.0047° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7931&lon=-90.0047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8521L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8521L-2011-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-602 (registry code 0390309, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-602) (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-602
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 22,200 total, 350 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA437](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA437) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100725043279A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN10LA437](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA437), Jul 25, 2010: Air Tractor AT-602 (N8521L), Yates City, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N8521L (1)

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

- [Accident 20071011826489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071011826489A), Oct 11, 2007: Airtrc AT602 (N8521L), Columbia, LA, Substantial damage. (-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,…

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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