Air Tractor AT-602 N5015K
4 April 2005 · Imperial, Nebraska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 4 April 2005 at about 16:25 local time, a Air Tractor AT-602 registered N5015K, operated by Top HAT Aerial Applicators Inc, was involved in an accident near Imperial, Nebraska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 16:25
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Imperial, Nebraska, United States
- Nearest airport
- Imperial Muni (IML)
- Coordinates
- 40.5103, -101.6200
- Aircraft
- Air Tractor AT-602
- Registration
- N5015K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Top HAT Aerial Applicators Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 137: Agricultural
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial Application
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Imperial → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI05LA088
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Air Tractor AT-602 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Mar 2005 | Air Tractor AT-602 | Panama City, Florida, United States | Gentry's Flying Service, LLC. | No injuries | - |
| 22 Oct 2005 | Air Tractor AT-602 | Ballidu, Australia | Dunn's Aviation PTY LTD | Fatal | 1 |
| 19 May 2005 | Air Tractor AT-602 | Ralls, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 18 Mar 2005 | Air Tractor AT-602 | Crosbyton, Texas, United States | McAdoo Flying Service, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 21 May 2004 | Air Tractor AT-602 | Brookland, Arkansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 11 Apr 2006 | Air Tractor AT-602 | Ulysses, Kansas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Dec 2005 | Piper PA-28-180 | La Vista, Nebraska, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
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| 19 Apr 2005 | Piper PA-22-160 | Gordon, Nebraska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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