# Accident 20000810006079A: Airtrc AT502B, Perthshire, MS, August 10, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2000, 15:30 local time
- Place: Perthshire, MS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.9402° N, 90.9402° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9402&lon=-90.9402&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90158, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90158-2013-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,768 total, 2,651 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA237) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000810006079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/D DID NOT GET AIRBORNE DURING TAKE OFF ROLL. THE A/C HAD A FULL LOAD OF WATER MIXED WITH FOUR GALS. OF CHEMICAL PESTACIDE. OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS 02N (F). HOPPER CAPACITY 500 GALS. (.4) ON AUGUST 10, 2000, ABOUT 1530 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AIR TRACTOR 502B, N90158, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY SHANNON AGRICULTURAL FLYING, INC. AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 137, AGRICULTURAL FLIGHT, OVERRAN THE AIRSTRIP DURING TAKEOFF IN PERTHSHIRE, MISSISSIPPI. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES, AND THE AIRPLANE INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LOADED THE AIRCRAFT WITH 450 GALLONS OF CHEMICALS, ADDING, "...THAT'S THE LOAD I USED (SIC) CARRY," AND TOOK OFF TOWARDS THE EAST ON A 2,600 FEET LONG AIRSTRIP. HE NOTICED, "THAT THE TAIL DID NOT GET UP AFTER MORE THAN HALF WAY OF THE TAKEOFF ROLL." HE THEN PUT THE FLAPS IN THE FULL DOWN POSITION AND HE STARTED WORKING WITH THE TRIM, TRYING TO RAISE THE TAIL. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS NEVER AIRBORNE AND THE RIGHT WHEEL AND THE RIGHT                                    WING HIT THE SOYBEANS. THE NOSE WENT DOWN, THE PROPELLER HIT THE GROUND, THE AIRPLANE MADE A RIGHT TURN LANDING ON THE TAIL AND CAME TO A REST. THE FAA INSPECTOR WHO EXAMINED THE AIRPLANE STATED THAT HE SAW MARKS ON THE GRASS FIELD ALL THE WAY TO THE PLANE AND THAT THE FLAPS WERE IN A FULL DOWN POSITION. HE ALSO STATED, "I FOUND NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT AND DUE TO THE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS AT THE TIME, THE AIRCRAFT WAS OVERLOADED." THE TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS ABOUT 102 F, AND THE DENSITY ALTITUDE ABOUT 2,900 FEET.

## 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 MIA00LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA237), Aug 10, 2000: Air Tractor 502B (N90158), Perthshire, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to perform a weight and balance check that resulted in overloading of the airplane with spraying material, for the weather conditions that existed at the time of takeoff. Factors…

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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