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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-602 · Henderson, TX · May 27, 2013

Date
May 27, 2013 · 18:15 local
Place
Henderson, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
1RRG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N583LA
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-602
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60AG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,195 total200 in this make and model160 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.

N583LA made an emergency landing in a field after a loss of engine power near longview, Texas. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. The airplane was registered to and operated by red river agviation, inc. under the provisions of 14 code of federal regulations part 137 as an aerial application flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from a private airport near trinity, Texas at 1720 and was destined for east Texas regional airport (kggg), longview, Texas.

As the FAA filed it

N583LA MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD AFTER A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR LONGVIEW, TEXAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WINGS AND FUSELAGE. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY RED RIVER AGVIATION, INC. UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 137 AS AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM A PRIVATE AIRPORT NEAR TRINITY, TEXAS AT 1720 AND WAS DESTINED FOR EAST TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT (KGGG), LONGVIEW, TEXAS.