# Accident 20050318003089A: Airtrc AT602, Crosbyton, TX, March 18, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2005, 15:20 local time
- Place: Crosbyton, TX
- Airport: Crosbyton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.6203° N, 101.2458° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6203&lon=-101.2458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9017Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9017Z-2006-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-602 (registry code 0390309, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 series (registry code 52118, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-66-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT602
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A66
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 2,300 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05CA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050318003089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 18, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1520 CST, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-602 AIRCRAFT, N9017Z, EXPERIENCED LOSS OF RUDDER CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF AT CROSBYTON AIRPORT (8F3), CROSBYTON, TEXAS, AND SUBSEQUENTLY SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUAPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 137 AGRICULTURAL OPERATION.

## 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 DFW05CA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA098), Mar 18, 2005: Air Tractor AT-602 (N9017Z), Crosbyton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to mantain directional control during take-off. A contributing factor was the dust devil.

## Other reports on N9017Z (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20050519007929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050519007929A), May 19, 2005: Airtrc AT602 (N9017Z), Ralls, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) An agricultural pilot was scheduled to complete his second loadof herbicide spray against mesquite growth and was expected back at the crosbyton airport…

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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