# Incident 20150730012449I: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, Albion, NE, July 30, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2015, 09:30 local time
- Place: Albion, NE
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 6PFG
- Location: 41.6880° N, 97.9997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albion, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6880&lon=-97.9997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8519V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8519V) (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: 3,700 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150730012449I

## Narrative

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

THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATION IN A FIELD 20 MILES FROM ALBION, NEBRASKA. THE PILOT NOTICED THAT HIS LEFT FUEL GAUGE WAS READING LESS THAN ¼ TANK, WHILE HIS RIGHT GAUGE WAS READING JUST OVER ½ TANK. THE PILOT STATED HE THOUGHT THIS CONDITION WAS DUE TO HIS FLYING AND MADE SEVERAL MORE PASSES, ENSURING THE AIRPLANE REMAINED IN COORDINATED FLIGHT. THE PILOT CONTINUED TO NOTICE THE LEFT FUEL GAUGE DECREASING IN QUANTITY, WHILE THE RIGHT FUEL GAUGE REMAINED UNCHANGED. THE PILOT CEASED THE SPRAYING OPERATION AND INITIATED A RETURN TO THE ALBION AIRPORT FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER 1 ½ MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE ALBION AIRPORT. THE PILOT MADE AN OFF-FIELD LANDING IN A CORN FIELD. THE PILOT WAS NOT HURT AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO CORN IN THE CORNFIELD DUE TO THE OFF FIELD LANDING.

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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