20241115017549I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Air Tractor AT-802 · Meno, OK · November 15, 2024

Date
November 15, 2024 · 12:47 local
Place
Meno, OK
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8035H
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-802
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67F
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
12,713 total

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.

Aircraft was providing flight training when inflight the aircraft experienced a total loss of engine power. The pilot declared an emergency, took control of the aircraft from the student and proceeded to land the aircraft at the closest airfield. The aircraft overran the grass runway into a wheat field. The main aircraft tires sank into the soft soil, causing the aircraft nose to tilt downward and damage the propeller.

The aircraft owning entity is working with pratt and whitney on the case of the engine failure and will update FAA with the results.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS PROVIDING FLIGHT TRAINING WHEN INFLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE STUDENT AND PROCEEDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT THE CLOSEST AIRFIELD. THE AIRCRAFT OVERRAN THE GRASS RUNWAY INTO A WHEAT FIELD. THE MAIN AIRCRAFT TIRES SANK INTO THE SOFT SOIL, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT NOSE TO TILT DOWNWARD AND DAMAGE THE PROPELLER.

THE AIRCRAFT OWNING ENTITY IS WORKING WITH PRATT AND WHITNEY ON THE CASE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE AND WILL UPDATE FAA WITH THE RESULTS.