# Accident 20110721015299A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502, Fergus Falls, MN, July 21, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2011, 19:26 local time
- Place: Fergus Falls, MN
- Airport: Fergus Falls, Minnesota
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: PVFG
- Location: 46.2798° N, 96.0602° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2798&lon=-96.0602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1516G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1516G-2019-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11LA499](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA499) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110721015299A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST PARTIAL POWER ALONG WITH DROP IN FUEL PRESURE. TURNED ON FUEL PUMP WITH NO RESULT. WAS 3-4 MILE FROM FFM AIRPORT AT 700-800 FEET. ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING ON ROAD WHEN TRUCK GOT IN WAY. VEERED OFF ROAD INTO A POND.

## 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 CEN11LA499](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA499), Jul 22, 2011: Air Tractor AT-502 (N1516G), Fergus Falls, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because the airplane came to rest inverted in water.

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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