# Accident 20050302002019A: Airtrc AT602, Clarksville, FL, March 2, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2005, 07:00 local time
- Place: Clarksville, FL
- Airport: Steephead Farm Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: G0YG
- Location: 30.2000° N, 85.6667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2000&lon=-85.6667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5006V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT602
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A66
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,699 total, 11,559 in this make and model, 400 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05CA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050302002019A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 ANC05CA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA040), Mar 2, 2005: Air Tractor AT-602 (N5006V), Panama City, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to remove frost from the airplane which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush during the takeoff/initial climb, and an in-flight collision with trees. Contributing to the accident…

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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