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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Air Tractor AT-400 · Whiting, IA · July 15, 2013

Date: July 15, 2013 · 16:00 local
Place: Whiting, IA
Airport: Whiting Iowa
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: VING
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N136DB
Reported as: Air Tractor AT-400
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,449 total

N136DBRegistration cancelled Dec 11, 2017 · Air Tractor AT-400S/N 400-0504 · Built 1983 Airframe modelAir Tractor AT-400 Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was on a test flight to test a suspected problem with the fuel control unit. The pilot was slightly low on final approach to landing and added throttle to correct. The aircraft did not respond to the throttle input and the aircraft landed short of the runway in a corn field causing damage to the boom, right landing gear, wing tips and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ON A TEST FLIGHT TO TEST A SUSPECTED PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT. THE PILOT WAS SLIGHTLY LOW ON FINAL APPROACH TO LANDING AND ADDED THROTTLE TO CORRECT. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RESPOND TO THE THROTTLE INPUT AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY IN A CORN FIELD CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE BOOM, RIGHT LANDING GEAR, WING TIPS AND PROPELLER.

Other reports on N136DB · 1

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