20170522006849I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Air Tractor AT-401 · Stuttgart, AR · May 22, 2017

Date
May 22, 2017 · 12:40 local
Place
Stuttgart, AR
Airport
Stuttgart Municipal
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
V5FG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1558Y
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-401
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,473 total906 in this make and model124 in the last 90 days

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.

On may 22, 2017 at 1240 CST, an Air tractor AT-104, N1558Y, owned and registered to a certificated agricultural operator and piloted by the commercial rated pilot experienced the aircrafts engine quitting in flight enroute to Stuttgart Municipal Airport (sgt) in Stuttgart, Arkansas. The pilot elected to land the aircraft on a familiar grassy strip north east of the airport. Upon landing rollout the aircrafts left wheel went into a rut on the ground causing the aircraft to make a sharp ninety degree turn to the south causing it to roll off the berm and impact the terrain. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a flight plan was not filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage. The pilot was not injured. The flight originated at Stuttgart Municipal Airport, (ksgt), Stuttgart, Arkansas at 12:30 p.m. CDT.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 22, 2017 AT 1240 CST, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-104, N1558Y, OWNED AND REGISTERED TO A CERTIFICATED AGRICULTURAL OPERATOR AND PILOTED BY THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT EXPERIENCED THE AIRCRAFTS ENGINE QUITTING IN FLIGHT ENROUTE TO STUTTGART MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SGT) IN STUTTGART, ARKANSAS. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON A FAMILIAR GRASSY STRIP NORTH EAST OF THE AIRPORT. UPON LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFTS LEFT WHEEL WENT INTO A RUT ON THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO MAKE A SHARP NINETY DEGREE TURN TO THE SOUTH CAUSING IT TO ROLL OFF THE BERM AND IMPACT THE TERRAIN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT STUTTGART MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, (KSGT), STUTTGART, ARKANSAS AT 12:30 P.M. CDT.

Other reports on N1558Y · 3

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