# Accident 20040915034019A: Airtrc AT502B, Bell Glades, FL, September 15, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2004, 12:00 local time
- Place: Bell Glades, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ZFMG
- Location: 28.0575° N, 81.7628° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0575&lon=-81.7628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90375, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90375-2021-01-30) (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
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A34AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04CA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040915034019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2004, ON ABOUT 1200, AN AIR TRACTOR INC. AT-502-B AIRCRAFT N90375, REGISTERED TO GLADEVIEW AERIAL SERVICE INC. OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 137 AGRICULTURAL FLIGHT, MADE AN EMERGENCY/POWER OFF LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD IN BELL GLADES, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE PILOT WAS A COMMERCIAL RATED AND REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM A PRIVATE RUNWAY AT N. 2803.45 W. 08145.77, BELL GLADE FLORIDA. THE PILOT STATED HE FUELED THE AIRCRAFT ADDING 31 GALLONS OF JP-5 FUEL BEFORE THE FLIGHT AND DID NOT CHECK/DRAIN THE FUEL SUMPS BEFORE THE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY, TOOK OFF AND CLIMBED TO 500 FEET TURNED WEST THEN SOUTH AND THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER/FLAMED OUT ABOUT 1.5 MILES FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE RIGHT WING HIT TREES AND THE PROP HIT A DIRT MOUND ON LANDING. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST WITH THE TAIL AND LEFT WING IN A DITCH WITH THE AIRCRAFT FACING 210 DEGREES FROM DIRECTION OF FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER, ELEVATORS, STABILIZERS AND RIGHT WING.

## 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 ATL04CA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA185), Sep 15, 2004: Air Tractor AT-502B (N90375), Belle Glade, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and a loss of engine power due to water contamination of the fuel.

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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