ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 293949
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| Date: | Monday 4 April 2005 |
| Time: | 10:25 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-602 |
| Owner/operator: | Top Hat Aerial Applicators Inc |
| Registration: | N5015K |
| MSN: | 602-0429 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PT6A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Imperial, Nebraska -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Imperial Airport, NE (IML/KIML) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aerial application airplane was damaged during a forced landing to a field following a loss of engine power. The pilot reported that he had about 40 minutes of fuel remaining when he exited the last sprayed field. He stated that when he was about 1 mile south of the airport, the engine lost power. He checked the fuel flow meter which "suggested" he had over 30 minutes of fuel remaining, with 1/4 in one tank and 1/8 in the other tank. He stated that he executed a landing to a field and the main landing gear sunk into the soft dirt and the airplane nosed over. Post accident examination of the airplane revealed no useable quantity of fuel remaining in the fuel tanks. Subsequent to the accident, the airplane's engine was removed from the airplane and a functional test performed. The engine was run on a test stand and no anomalies were found.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning which led to fuel exhaustion and subsequent loss of engine power. The soft ground was a factor.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI05LA088
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Oct-2022 15:30 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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