# Accident 20100828045429A: Air Tractor AT-402B, Pompano Beach, FL, August 28, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2010, 07:54 local time
- Place: Pompano Beach, FL
- Airport: Pompano Beach Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2469° N, 80.1111° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2469&lon=-80.1111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4172U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4172U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-402B (registry code 0390208, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-15AG (registry code 52246, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-15ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT-402B
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-15AG
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 35,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA450](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA450) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100828045429A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 10, A 3,502-FOOT-LONG, 150-FOOT-WIDE, ASPHALTRUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE ACCELERATED TO TAKEOFF SPEED AND LIFTED-OFF WITHOUT INCIDENT. AS THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED TO 10 TO 15FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE EXHAUST. HE LEVELED THE AIRPLANE; HOWEVER, ITSETTLED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT CHECKED THE ENGINE TORQUE, WHICH WAS NORMAL, AND ROTATED FOR TAKEOFF AS THEAIRPLANE APPROACHED THE END OF THE RUNWAY. AS THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED TO 10 TO 15 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, IT BEGAN TO SETTLEONTO A GRASS AREA BEYOND THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE ROLLED ON THE GRASS FOR ABOUT 100 TO 150 FEET, BEFORE THE PILOT ELECTEDTO ABORT THE TAKEOFF.THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK THE AIRPORT FENCE AND TREES, WHICH RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS AND THE FUSELAGE, BEFORECOMING TO REST IN A PARKING LOT.INITIAL EXAMINATION OF THE AIRFRAME AND ENGINE BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM AIR TRACTOR, AND PRATT WHITNEY CANADA, UNDERTHE SUPERVISION OF A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) INSPECTOR, DID NOT REVEAL ANY PREIMPACT MALFUNCTIONS. THEAIRPLANE WILL BE EXAMINED FURTHER AT A LATER DATE.

## 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 ERA10LA450](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA450), Aug 28, 2010: Air Tractor AT402 (N4172U), Pompano Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed decision to abort the takeoff, which resulted in a runway overrun and a subsequent collision with obstacles and terrain. Contributing to the accident was the airplane's high gross…

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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