# Incident 20190515004689I: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, Grandfield, OK, May 15, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2019, 16:30 local time
- Place: Grandfield, OK
- Airport: Grandfield Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 862G
- Location: 34.2376° N, 98.7420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRANDFIELD MUNI (1O1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2376&lon=-98.7420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6039S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6039S) (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: 1,939 total, 90 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190515004689I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 15, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 CST, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-502B, N6039S, REGISTERED TO TEXOMA SPRAYERS, WAS FORCED TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A FARM FIELD APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILES EAST OF GRANDFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (1O1) AFTER RUNNING OUT OF FUEL IN FLIGHT. THE PILOT DEPARTED 1O1 WITH A FULL LOAD OF FUEL AND STATED HE HAD ENOUGH FUEL FOR 2 HOURS AND 15 MINUTES OF FLIGHT TIME. WHILE SPRAYING CHEMICAL ON THE LAST FIELD AND AFTER 2 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME, THE PILOT MADE HIS LAST SWATH OF CHEMICAL APPLICATION AND BANKED THE AIRCRAFT FOR A RETURN TO 1O1. IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BY TURNING ON THE IGNITORS AND FUEL BOOST PUMP WHICH HAD NO EFFECT. THE PILOT THEN LOOKED FOR A GOOD PLACE TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND DID SO ON A FLAT FIELD. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A MUDDY AREA OF THE FIELD AND NOSED OVER ENOUGH TO WHERE THE PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, LEFT FLAP, AND SPRAY BOOM. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY ONE ON BOARD AND WAS NOT INJURED.

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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