# Incident 20140524009819I: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, Castroville, TX, May 24, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2014, 16:33 local time
- Place: Castroville, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: UXRG
- Location: 29.3623° N, 98.8548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Castroville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3623&lon=-98.8548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N802BL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N802BL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-802A (registry code 0390308, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802a) (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-802A
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10,675 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140524009819I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING DRY AERIAL SPRAYING. ON THE LAST PASS PILOT HEARD A BANG, SAW SMOKE AND THE ENGINE SPULLED DOWN. PILOT LANDED DOWNWIND ON THE CORN FIELD HE WAS SPRAYING.

## Other reports on N802BL (1)

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

- [Incident 20130724013899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130724013899I), Jul 24, 2013: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A (N802BL), Mount Enterpris, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft departed hondo TX for mt pleasant TX. En route pilot lost power to GPS and became disorientated. Pilot felt he was runnig too low on fuel and decided…

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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