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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Air Tractor AT-502B · Grand Island, NE · August 23, 2011

Date
August 23, 2011 · 13:00 local
Place
Grand Island, NE
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
VDKG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N41854
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-502B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34AG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
11,600 total20 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

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.

On 08/23/2011, received notice of an aircraft incident involving an AT-502B, N41854. Arriving on scene approximately 10 miles southwest of Grand Island airport (gri), while returning to the private base at prosser Nebraska, after completing an agriculture operation, the pilot experienced an engine flameout and forced landing into a mature corn field. Initial inspection of the aircraft revealed only minor damage, which consisted of the r/h nav light assembly being damaged. The pilot was not injured during this incident.NTSB was notified and responded with no notification needed per aircraft incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON 08/23/2011, RECEIVED NOTICE OF AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT INVOLVING AN AT-502B, N41854. ARRIVING ON SCENE APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND ISLAND AIRPORT (GRI), WHILE RETURNING TO THE PRIVATE BASE AT PROSSER NEBRASKA, AFTER COMPLETING AN AGRICULTURE OPERATION, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FLAMEOUT AND FORCED LANDING INTO A MATURE CORN FIELD. INITIAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE, WHICH CONSISTED OF THE R/H NAV LIGHT ASSEMBLY BEING DAMAGED. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED DURING THIS INCIDENT.NTSB WAS NOTIFIED AND RESPONDED WITH NO NOTIFICATION NEEDED PER AIRCRAFT INCIDENT.