# NTSB WPR17WA130: Turbo Thrush S2R, Megiddo, Israel, June 14, 2017

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 14, 2017, 16:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Megiddo, Israel
- Phase of flight: [After landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/750) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [After landing: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95418
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR17WA130
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95418/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17WA130

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [After landing: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On June 14, 2017, about 1600 universal coordinated time (UTC), a Turbo Thrush AG S2R, 4X-AQS made an off-airport landing following an engine shutdown during flight at Megiddo Airport, Megiddo, Israel. The pilot was operating the airplane under the provisions of the Israel Civil Aviation Regulations as a local agricultural aerial application flight. The pilot was not injured; the airplane was not damaged.Preliminary information received from the government of Israel indicated that the pilot detected an issue with the engine, shut if off during flight, and landed in a field. Examination of the engine revealed metal chips in the oil filter and chip detector of the PT6-34AG engine. The engine had 205 hours since overhaul. The accident is under the jurisdiction of, and is being investigated, by the State of Israel Ministry of Transport Aviation Incidents and Accidents Investigation (AIAI). Additional information can be obtained from the AIAI at: PO Box 120 Ben Gurion International Airport Israel, 70100 Telephone: 972- 3-975-1380

## Aircraft

- Registration: 4X-AQS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: TURBO THRUSH S2R
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney PT6-34AG turbo prop
- Damage: No damage
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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