# Accident 20090508007079A: Airtrc AT502A, Lissie, TX, May 8, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2009, 15:00 local time
- Place: Lissie, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KAYG
- Location: 29.4900° N, 96.1731° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4900&lon=-96.1731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N248LF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N248LF-2010-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502A (registry code 0390306, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502A
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A45
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA295) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090508007079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 8, 2009 AT 1500 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, AN AIR TRACTOR (AT-502A), WAS DESTROYED AFTER LOSING ENGINE POWER AND LANDING IN A RICE FIELD, 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LISSIE, TEXAS.  THE PILOT STATED THE HE WAS SPREADING FERTILIZER IN A RICE FIELD AND AT THE END OF THE ROW THE ENGINE QUIT.  THE PIC TRIED TO ALND STRATIGHT AHEAD, BUT A DRAINAGE DITCH CROSSED THE FIELD WHERE HE WAS LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATLEY 200 FEET PRIOR TO THE DITCH.  THE FIELD WAS MUDDY AND HAD FURROWS, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE DRAINAGE DITCH, BENDING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR, AND THEN FLIPPED OVER.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED THE PROPELLER HAVING ALL BLADES BENT, THE ENGINE WAS BROKEN IN HALF AND SUFFERED A POST CRASH FIRE, THE RIGHT WING HAD STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, AS WELL AS THE FIRE WALL.

## 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 CEN09CA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA295), May 8, 2009: Air Tractor AT502 (N248LF), Lisse, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N248LF (1)

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

- [Accident 19970613014259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970613014259A), Jun 13, 1997: Airtrc AT502A (N248LF), Chesterville, TX, Substantial damage. No reverse thrust landing. Ground looped end of runway to avoid parked truck. No anomalies. Reverse thrust normal. (-23) the aircraft was in the process 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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