# Accident 20030918025809A: Airtrc AT502, Fort Pierce, FL, September 18, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2003, 09:30 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: Southeastern Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 27.4114° N, 80.5261° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4114&lon=-80.5261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1528T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1528T-2006-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A34
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030918025809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ENGINE MADE LOUD BANG DURING T.O. ROLL, WITH LOAD, ENGINE QUIT. A/C CRASHED INTO TREES AT END OF RUNWAY AND BURNED UP.

## 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 MIA03LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA183), Sep 18, 2003: Air Tractor AT-502 (N1528T), Fort Pierce, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: Failure of one blade in the engine compressor turbine disk due to fatigue which was caused by loss of gap between the blade platforms as a result of corrosion due to a foreign element (phosphate).…

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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