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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Airtrc AT602 · Clarksville, FL · March 2, 2005

Date
March 2, 2005 · 07:00 local
Place
Clarksville, FL
Airport
Steephead Farm Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
G0YG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5006V
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC05CA040
Reported as
Airtrc AT602
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A66
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
25,699 total11,559 in this make and model400 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot did not ensure that all frost on the wings was removed. Aircraft became airborne due to grass runway geography (rise in the surface similar to a ramp). Aircraft rudder was ineffective in countering roll due to low airspeed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DID NOT ENSURE THAT ALL FROST ON THE WINGS WAS REMOVED. AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE DUE TO GRASS RUNWAY GEOGRAPHY (RISE IN THE SURFACE SIMILAR TO A RAMP). AIRCRAFT RUDDER WAS INEFFECTIVE IN COUNTERING ROLL DUE TO LOW AIRSPEED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.