# Incident 20210514002829I: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Winner, SD, May 14, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2021, 19:22 local time
- Place: Winner, SD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: RKDG
- Location: 43.3776° N, 99.8551° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winner, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3776&lon=-99.8551&mi=10
- Aircraft: N602TJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N602TJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-602 (registry code 0390309, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-45R (registry code 52271, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-45r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-45R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210514002829I

## Narrative

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

WHILE WORKING LOW LEVEL 137 SPRAY /  AERIAL APPLICATION OF A FIELD, ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST POWER.  TURNED ON FUEL BOOST PUMP AND CONTINUOUS IGNITION.  ENGINE DID NOT RESTART.  EXECUTED EMERGENCY LANDING.  TIRES POOR TRACTION ON ALFALFA SLID UNABLE TO STOP RAN SLOWLY INTO A WIND BRAKE OF CEDAR TREES.  PROP STRUCK ONE BLADE TO A 5" TRUNK AND BENT SLIGHTLY.  SHUT DOWN IGNITION AND FUEL BOOST PUMP TURNED OFF AND CUT FUEL SUPPLY TO ENGINE.  UPON EXITING AIRCRAFT NOTICED A SMALL FIRE GROWING RAPIDLY.  CALLED 911 FIRE DEPT SAVED AIRCRAFT.  FIRE CAUSE NOT DETERMINED AS OF YET.

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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