# Accident 20110621011769A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502, Blackfoot, ID, June 21, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2011, 16:21 local time
- Place: Blackfoot, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 3VCG
- Location: 43.2092° N, 112.3494° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2092&lon=-112.3494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1515P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1515P-2017-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (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 INC AT-502
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A-15AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 25,000 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110621011769A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE EXPERANCED A LOSS OF POWER ON TAKEOFF.AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORN CLEARED A FENCE WHEN THE POWER DECAYED, AIRCRAFT CLIPPED THE TOPS OF TREES AND CRASH LANDED ON A GOLF COURSE, RIGHT WING IMPACTED A TREE AT APROXIMITLY EIGHT FEET UP DETACHING THE OUTBORD SIX FOOT OF WING, LEFT WING IMPACTED THREE SEPERAT TREES DETACHING THE OUTBOURD THREE FOOT OF WING.THE AIRCRAFT SKIDED THROUGH AN EMPTY POND EXITING A SIX FOOT IMBANKMENT WHICH ROTATED THE AIRCRAFT 180 DEG COMING TO REST 100 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE POND.THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS COMPROMIZED AND SPILT ALL CONTENTS, THE HOPPER CONTAINED 320 GAL OF EATHOPON AND FUNGISIDE MIX ONTO THE GROUND.THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER RELIZING THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AND SHUT THE FUEL SUPPLY OFF SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE.AFTER ENGINE EXAMINATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCING 80 - 90 PERCENT POWER, THE PILOT HAD BEEN CARRING 320 LBS OD CHENICAL AND 3/4 TANK FUEL, STARTING AT 0500 AND 60 DEG TEMP, HIS LOAD AND FUEL NEVER CHANGED ALL DAY, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT IT WAS 85 DEG AND HE DEPARTED DOWN WIND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEAVY AND THE TEMP WAS HOT, PREFORMANCE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEGRADED TO THE POINT OF NOT FLYING.

## 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 WPR11LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA278), Jun 21, 2011: Air Tractor AT-502 (N1515P), Blackfoot, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power during takeoff for undetermined reasons.

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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