# Incident 20050107000069I: Airtrc AT502A, Slaton, TX, January 7, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2005, 11:25 local time
- Place: Slaton, TX
- Airport: Slaton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: TWVG
- Location: 33.4848° N, 101.6610° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Slaton Municipal Airport (F49), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4848&lon=-101.6610&mi=10
- Aircraft: N502DL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N502DL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502A (registry code 0390306, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-45 (registry code 52105, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502A
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A45
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,622 total, 6,000 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050107000069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT TAXIED N502DL TO RUNWAY 35 AT THE SLATON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (F49) IN SLATON, TEXAS, AFTER PURCHASING FUEL FOR A REPOSITION FLIGHT TO TOWN AND COUNTRY AIRPORT (F82) IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IS BASED. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO A STRONG GUSTING CROSS WIND FROM THE WEST, COUPLED BY THE ENGINE TORQUE AND GYROSCOPIC EFFECT AS THE TAIL WHEEL WAS RAISED. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AS IT VEERED LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY STRIKING THE VASI LIGHTS BEFORE IT CAME TO A STOP ON THE GRASS WEST OF RUNWAY 35. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. THE SLATON AIRPORT DOES NOT HAVE A WEATHER REPORTING FACILITY.

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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