# Accident 20130715013539A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, Nauvoo, IL, July 15, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2013, 11:30 local time
- Place: Nauvoo, IL
- Airport: Nauvoo, Il
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: PMJG
- Location: 40.5500° N, 91.3833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5500&lon=-91.3833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6113C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6113C-2022-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (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-502B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA473](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA473) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130715013539A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN FROM ONE FIELD TO ANOTHER AND THE ENGINE FAILED.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 CEN13LA473](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA473), Jul 15, 2013: Air Tractor AT-502B (N6113C), Nauvoo, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A fatigue failure of an engine compressor turbine blade, which resulted in extensive secondary engine damage and a complete loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N6113C (1)

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

- [Accident 20190808015739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190808015739A), Aug 8, 2019: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B (N6113C), Sumner, IA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. 06:10, 8/8/2019 ? Pilot departed mount pleasant municipal airport (mpz) direct to oelwein municipal airport (orc). Pilot was instructed to load fungicide at…

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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