# Accident 19970613014259A: Airtrc AT502A, Chesterville, TX, June 13, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1997, 13:00 local time
- Place: Chesterville, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KAYG
- Location: 29.5194° N, 96.2200° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5194&lon=-96.2200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N248LF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N248LF-2010-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502A (registry code 0390306, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502A
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A45A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,940 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970613014259A

## Narrative

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

NO REVERSE THRUST LANDING. GROUND LOOPED END OF RUNWAY TO AVOID PARKED TRUCK. NO ANOMALIES. REVERSE THRUST NORMAL. (-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LANDING ON AN UNIMPROVED RUNWAY. IN THE PILOT'S REPORT, HE STATED THE TOUCHDOWN WAS MADE IN THE FIRST 200 FEET OF RUNWAY, AND HE LET THE AIRCRAFT ROLL OUT AT A HIGH SPEED UNTIL REACHING THE LAST 1/3 OF THE LANDING AREA BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO STOP. HE ALSO STATED HE MADE TWO ATTEMPTS TO APPLY REVERSE THRUST AND WAS UNABLE TO OBTAINE REVERSING ACTION. IN AN EFFORT TO MISS A CHEMICAL HOLDING TANK, EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, HE APPLIED LEFT BRAKE FORCING THE AIRCRAFT INTO A GROUND LOOP. THE AIRCRAFT SLID SIDEWAYS CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO COLLAPSE, BENDING THE OUTER PART OF THE RIGHT WING SPAR, THEREBY ALLOWING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A DRAINAGE DITCH ADJACENT TO THE LANDING STRIP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW97LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA225), Jun 13, 1997: Air Tractor AT-502A (N248LF), Chesterville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: an undetermined malfunction/failure of the propeller reversing system.

## Other reports on N248LF (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20090508007079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090508007079A), May 8, 2009: Airtrc AT502A (N248LF), Lissie, TX, Destroyed. (-23) On may 8, 2009 at 1500 central standard time, an air tractor (AT-502A), was destroyed after losing engine power and landing in a rice field, 3 miles…

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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