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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Air Tractor AT-602 · Hugoton, KS · August 2, 2020

Date
August 2, 2020 · 07:00 local
Place
Hugoton, KS
Airport
Hugoton Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
WDWG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N290GJ
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-602
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65AG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport

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.

Hugoton, KS: N290GJ, AT602, pilot returned to loading area during spray

Operations and reduced power while waiting for two other aircraft to reload.

Once power was reapplied to return to landing area, engine was unresponsive.

Attempts to avoid power lines and structures in the area required evasive

Landing maneuvers and aircraft came to rest in a field / drainage ditch after

Impact. When the aircraft came to rest upright, the engine was still running but at 53%. Pilot pulled the power lever back from full forward and pushed it forward again with no change in engine RPM. Pilot shut down and departed the aircraft with no injury.

As the FAA filed it

HUGOTON, KS: N290GJ, AT602, PILOT RETURNED TO LOADING AREA DURING SPRAY

OPERATIONS AND REDUCED POWER WHILE WAITING FOR TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT TO RELOAD.

ONCE POWER WAS REAPPLIED TO RETURN TO LANDING AREA, ENGINE WAS UNRESPONSIVE.

ATTEMPTS TO AVOID POWER LINES AND STRUCTURES IN THE AREA REQUIRED EVASIVE

LANDING MANEUVERS AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A FIELD / DRAINAGE DITCH AFTER

IMPACT. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT, THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT AT 53%. PILOT PULLED THE POWER LEVER BACK FROM FULL FORWARD AND PUSHED IT FORWARD AGAIN WITH NO CHANGE IN ENGINE RPM. PILOT SHUT DOWN AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURY.