# Accident 20160606013469A: Air Tractor Inc AT-802, Fairbanks, AK, June 6, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2016, 15:10 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.9642° N, 148.4117° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.9642&lon=-148.4117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N802CE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N802CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-802 (registry code 0390305, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67F (registry code 52290, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-802
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,650 total, 550 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC16LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16LA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160606013469A

## Narrative

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

APPROACH IDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT AND ISSUED PATTERN ENTRY AND RUNWAY ASSIGNMENT TO WHICH PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED, APPROX ONE MINUTE LATER PILOT ASKS CONTROLLER IF "YOU GOT ME" TO WHICH CONTROLLER REPLIED "AFFRIMATIVE YOU'RE RADAR CONTACT".  THE PILOT THEN STATES "HE'S DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, THINKS HE RAN OUT OF FUEL, OR ENGINE FLAMED OUT ANYWAYS" NO OTHER CONTACT WITH AIRCRAFT AFTER THAT. LAST RADAR CONTACT WITH AIRCRAFT WAS ONE MILE WEST OF MURPHY DOME AT APPROXIMATELY 2600'.

## 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 ANC16LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16LA029), Jun 6, 2016: Air Tractor AT 802 (N802CE), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight fuel planning, his reliance on the fuel flow indicator without verifying the initial fuel level input, and his improper decision to continue the flight with the low…

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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