# Accident 20110413006719A: Air Tractor Inc AT-503A, Telephone, TX, April 13, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2011, 13:19 local time
- Place: Telephone, TX
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.8406° N, 96.0189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8406&lon=-96.0189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N503AD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N503AD-2013-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-503A (registry code 0390304, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-503a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-503A
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 987 total, 176 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA287) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110413006719A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LOCAL PRIVATE STRIP FOR 2ND FLIGHT OF THE DAY.  AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO WOODED AREA AFTER TAKEOFF.  ON SCENE INVESTIGATION BY ASI DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT CONTAINED FUEL DUE TO FUEL SPILL AT CRASH SITE.  AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR ON SCENE ALSO DETERMINED AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING POWER DUE TO PROP STRIKES ON TREES IN THE LOCAL IMPACT AREA.  ASI DETERMINED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE OPERATING PROPERLY BY MOVING FLIGHT CONTROLS AT THE CRASH SITE.  THE AIRCRAFT SUBSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE UPON IMPACT IN THE WOODED AREA EAST OF FIELD WHERE AIRCRAFT WAS APPLYING CHEMICAL TO FARM LAND.

## 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 CEN11CA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA287), Apr 13, 2011: Air Tractor AT503 (N503AD), Telephone, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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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