# Accident 20111004023589A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, Ft Pierce, FL, October 4, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2011, 08:00 local time
- Place: Ft Pierce, FL
- Airport: Southeastern
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: SXNG
- Location: 27.4114° N, 80.5261° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4114&lon=-80.5261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90805, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90805-2017-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 50 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111004023589A

## Narrative

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

DURING CROP DUSTING OPERATION PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF, WAS OBSERVERED PULLING OFF RWY BUT SETTLING BACK SEVERAL TIMES, AS HE FLOATED BACK INTO AIR HIT 25 FT PALM APROX. 100 FT FROM END OF RWY, IMPACTED GROUND APROX. 100FT LATER AND OVERTURNED. PILOT FAILED TO JETISON LOAD.

## 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 ERA12CA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA003), Oct 4, 2011: Air Tractor AT-502B (N90805), Fort Pierce, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed decision to abort the takeoff.

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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