# Incident 20130715013079I: Air Tractor Inc AT-400, Whiting, IA, July 15, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2013, 16:00 local time
- Place: Whiting, IA
- Airport: Whiting Iowa
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: VING
- Location: 42.1272° N, 96.1507° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whiting, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1272&lon=-96.1507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N136DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N136DB-2017-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-400 (registry code 0390202, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-400
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,449 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130715013079I

## Narrative

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

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)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20150326003819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150326003819A), Mar 26, 2015: Air Tractor Inc AT-400 (N136DB), Levelland, TX, Destroyed. AT-402, N136DB was being rebuilt; the right wing was sent to the factory for rebuilding and a replacement engine was installed. This was the first flight after…

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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