# Accident 20080313014019A: Airtrc AT602, Back Gate, AR, March 13, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2008, 07:00 local time
- Place: Back Gate, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: K5PG
- Location: 34.0000° N, 91.3500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0000&lon=-91.3500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N602KP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N602KP-2018-11-06) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,634 total, 22,114 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080313014019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 03/13/08 AIR TRACTOR, AT-602, N602KP, ATTEMPTED SECOND VFR LANDING OF THE DAY AT 0730 IN GRASS FIELD AT HIS ORIGIN OF FLIGHT AT BACK GATE, AR. THE COMMERCIAL LICENSED PILOT AND AIRCRAFT WAS DOING AERIAL AGRICULTURE WORK FOR K & G FLYING (K5PG). UPON TOUCHDOWN DURING LANDING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR BEGAN TO SLIDE. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A SMALL LEVY, THE MAIN LEFT GEAR BROKE AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT OVER UPON ITS NOSE. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHILE THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

## 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 DFW08CA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA084), Mar 13, 2008: Air Tractor AT602 (N602KP), Back Gate, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft. A contributing factor was the wet, grass runway.

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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