# Incident 20190727015909I: Air Tractor Inc AT-402B, Haverhill, IA, July 27, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2019, 13:30 local time
- Place: Haverhill, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: MY7G
- Location: 41.9441° N, 92.9607° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Haverhill, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9441&lon=-92.9607&mi=10
- Aircraft: N402KN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N402KN-2021-11-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-402B (registry code 0390208, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-402b) (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-402B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,264 total, 1,430 in this make and model, 139 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190727015909I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN LOADED WITH AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL FROM EQUIPMENT MOUNTED ON A MOBILE TRAILER. THE PILOT HAD REQUESTED FUEL AND THE SINGLE POINT FUEL SYSTEM HAD BEEN CONNECTED. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED, GROUND PERSONNEL CALLED THE PILOT WHEN THEY DISCOVERED NO FUEL HAD BEEN PUMPED INTO THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER ASSESSING THE QUANTITY OF FUEL ON BOARD, THE PILOT DECIDED HE HAD ENOUGH FUEL TO SAFELY SPRAY THE LOAD AND RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. ON THE RETURN FLIGHT TO THE AIRPORT THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT CHOSE TO LAND IN A NEARBY ALFALFA FIELD. ON ROLL OUT, THE AIRCRAFT WENT THROUGH TWO BARB WIRE FENCES AND THE RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED A UTILITY POLE JUST PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERING DITCH WHERE IT POPPED UP ON A DRIVEWAY AND STOPPED.

## Other reports on N402KN (1)

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

- [Accident 20150722012569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150722012569A), Jul 22, 2015: Air Tractor Inc AT-402B (N402KN), Monte Vista, CO, Substantial damage. On 07/22/2015 at approximately 1235 MDT, N402KN an Air tractor model AT-402B airplane was substantially damaged after impacting two parked vehicles at the…

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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