19891013045049A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Airtrc AT-502 · Heafer, AR · October 13, 1989

Date
October 13, 1989 · 13:00 local
Place
Heafer, AR
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
NXLG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1012Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC90LA023
Reported as
Airtrc AT502
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A15AG
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,600 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.

Struck a soft spot on narrow rough runway causing aircraft to ground loop and flip inverted.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK A SOFT SPOT ON NARROW ROUGH RUNWAY CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP AND FLIP INVERTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.