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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Air Tractor AT-602 · Mcgeehee, AR · August 29, 2014

Date
August 29, 2014 · 08:00 local
Place
Mcgeehee, AR
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
GUEG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N586LA
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-602
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

During aerial application, the engine surged and propeller went into beta intermittently, the pilot executed a forced landing into a soybean field and rolled out into a corn field. The pilot reported only minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

DURING AERIAL APPLICATION, THE ENGINE SURGED AND PROPELLER WENT INTO BETA INTERMITTENTLY, THE PILOT EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING INTO A SOYBEAN FIELD AND ROLLED OUT INTO A CORN FIELD. THE PILOT REPORTED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.