# Incident 20250327006029I: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, Clarendon, AR, March 27, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2025, 12:06 local time
- Place: Clarendon, AR
- Airport: Clarendon Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: H5TG
- Location: 34.6467° N, 91.3947° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLARENDON MUNI (4M8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6467&lon=-91.3947&mi=10
- Aircraft: N805CB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N805CB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-802A (registry code 0390308, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67F (registry code 52290, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-802A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,619 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250327006029I

## Narrative

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

MID-DAY THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2025, DURING FLIGHT OPERATIONS WITHIN THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC AREA OF CLARENDON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (4M8) THE PILOT EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE. THE PILOT HAD BEEN FLYING THE AIRCRAFT FOR APPROXIMATELY 1.5 HOURS AND HAD JUST COMPLETED A LOW-LEVEL WATER DISBURSEMENT FOR TRAINING, WHICH INCLUDED FLYING DOWN THE RUNWAY AND DROPPING WATER FROM 80’. THE PILOT EXITED THE “DROP” AND CLIMBED TO PATTERN ALTITUDE USING LEFT TRAFFIC FOR RWY 18 TO LAND. AS THE PILOT NEARED THE FINAL PORTION OF THE LEFT DOWNWIND LEG AND WAS TURNING THE BASE LEG, OUT AHEAD OF THE WINDSCREEN, IN THE AREA AROUND THE LEFT EXHAUST DISCHARGE, THE PILOT COULD SEE OBJECTS EJECTING, WHILE ALSO EXPERIENCING VERY LOUD SOUNDS, LOAD ENGINE CHANGES, AND TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE TORQUE. THE PILOT DETERMINED THE RUNWAY WAS NOT REACHABLE AND IDENTIFIED A CULTIVATED FARM FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE FROM THE RUNWAY DUE NORTH. THE PILOT REVERIFIED NO ENGINE OUTPUT WHILE SETTING UP FOR LANDING. THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN AND AT THE END OF THE GROUND ROLL, THE MAIN WHEELS DUG INTO A VERY SOFT DRY SOIL AREA AND THE REMAINING ENERGY PICKED THE TAIL UP 90’ AND THEN SET BACK DOWN ON THE WHEELS. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT OR INJURY AT 12:06 PM.

ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING INCLUDES A DAMAGED FIBERGLASS WINGTIP, DAMAGE TO AND SEPARATION FROM THE ENGINE OF THE PROPELLER ASSEMBLY, AND DAMAGE TO COWLINGS AT THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE.

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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