# Accident 20070720014529A: Airtrc AT502, Slaton, TX, July 20, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2007, 09:30 local time
- Place: Slaton, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: CHNG
- Location: 33.4842° N, 101.6564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4842&lon=-101.6564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15400, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15400-2021-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A34
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,152 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070720014529A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 20, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 CDT, N15400, AN AT-500-502, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 36 AT THE SLATON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (F49) IN SLATON, TEXAS ENCOUNTERED UNCONTAINED ENGINE FAILURE DURING THE CLIMB. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED ON COUNTY ROAD 7300 AND HIGHWAY 400, A DIRT ROAD, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A STREET SIGN, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE SKIN, RIB, AND WING SPAR. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VFR.

## 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 DFW07LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA165), Jul 20, 2007: Air Tractor AT-502 (N15400), Slaton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: An uncontained failure of the turbine engine's power section for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N15400 (1)

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

- [Accident 20190724015029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190724015029A), Jul 24, 2019: Air Tractor Inc AT-502 (N15400), Big Spring, TX, Substantial damage. On July 24, 2019, at approximately 2:30 pm local time, N15400, an Air tractor AT-502 struck a guy wire and impacted the ground approximately 15 miles west of…

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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