# Accident 20021120034319A: Airtrc AT502, Joneboro, AR, November 20, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2002, 13:30 local time
- Place: Joneboro, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: YKFG
- Location: 35.6867° N, 90.7936° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6867&lon=-90.7936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N502RS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N502RS-2013-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021120034319A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 20, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 13:30 CST, A AT-502 TRACTOR, N502RS, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING TAKE OFF FROM THE KELLER FLYING SERVICE PRIVATE AIR STRIP, SOUTH EAST OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS. THE AIRCRAFT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY CRAIG KELLER FLYING SERVICE INC., 603 STONE BRIDGE DRIVE JONESBORO, ARKANSAS 72401. THE PIC, CRAIG KELLER RECEIVED INJURIES, AS DID THE UNAUTHORIZED PASSENGER, MIKE MCKEE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. MR. KELLER STATED THAT AFTER LIFT OFF HE CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 120' AND EXPERIENCED A COMPRESSOR STALL, HIT IN A SOFT FIELD, AIRCRAFT SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 150'. SCENE INDICATES THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR IMPACTED THE GROUND AND WAS TORN FROM AIRCRAFT, THEN BECOMING AIRBORNE AGAIN AND ROTATED 90 DEGREES TO THE LINE OF FLIGHT AND HIT HARD AND SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 15' COMING TO A STOP IN THE SOFT FIELD, 480' FROM THE END OF THE PAVED PORTION OF THE RUNWAY. MR. KELLER ASSISTED THE UNSECURED PASSENGERS EGRESS BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET OUT ON HIS OWN. VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TORN FROM AIRCRAFT, LEFT WING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, LEFT HORIZONTAL STAB SPAR DAMAGED, PROP DAMAGED.

## 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 FTW03LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA050), Nov 20, 2002: Air Tractor AT-502 (N502RS), Weiner, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to a compressor stall for undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was the soft terrain.

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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