# Accident 20120615013629A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502, Ipswich, SD, June 15, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2012, 15:45 local time
- Place: Ipswich, SD
- Airport: Ipswich
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 45.4519° N, 99.0100° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4519&lon=-99.0100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45379, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45379-2013-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,388 total, 595 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA375](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA375) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120615013629A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 15, 2012 AT 1645 LOCAL TIME AN AIR TRACTOR 502 REGISTERED TO TRI-COUNTY AG SERVICE, INC. WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED (180 DEGREES HEADING) A PRIVATE STRIP (2SD9) AND FAILED TO DEVELOP LIFT AND ROLLED OFF OF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED ACROSS SD HIGHWAY 12 AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 400 – 500 FEET OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO JURIES.THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEVELOPING POWER. THE ENGINE WAS AT MAXIMUM TORQUE AND ENGINE ITT WAS AT RED LINE. THE PILOT WAS PLANNING TO CONDUCT AGRICULTURAL AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, VMC FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, PREVAILING WINDS WERE 0-6 MILES PER HOUR AND WERE NOT A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 CEN12CA375](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA375), Jun 15, 2012: Air Tractor AT-502 (N45379), Ipswich, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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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