# Accident 20120718016659A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, Sicily Island, LA, July 18, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2012, 11:00 local time
- Place: Sicily Island, LA
- Airport: Kifer Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 3DUG
- Location: 31.9461° N, 91.5628° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9461&lon=-91.5628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N205SK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N205SK-2024-06-20) (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: 22,835 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA459](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA459) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120718016659A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LOADED WITH 375 GALLONS OF AG CHEMICAL.TAKE OFF ATTEMPTED ON A GRASS AIRSTRIP.AIRCRAFT GOT INTO GROUND EFFECT APPX 5 TO 7 FEET OFF THE GROUND.AIRCRAFT COULD NOT GAIN ALTITUDE.AIRCRAFT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH VEGETATION AT THE END OF THE ARSTRIP.AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN FARMERS FIELD APPX 200 FEET FROM END OF AIRSTRIP.

## 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 CEN12LA459](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA459), Jul 18, 2012: Air Tractor AT-502B (N205SK), Wisner, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate takeoff planning that did not consider the reduced acceleration due to a rough, turf runway and his use of an improper flap setting, which resulted in a collision with terrain…

## Other reports on N205SK (2)

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

- [Accident 20220710008409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220710008409A), Jul 10, 2022: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B (N205SK), Wyoming, IL, Substantial damage. Narritive: The pilot landed on a non certified grass runway with a light quartering tailwind. Mature corn crop surrounded close proximity of both sides of the…
- [Accident 20180730018419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180730018419A), Jul 30, 2018: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B (N205SK), Louise, MS, Substantial damage. Upon receiving notification of an accident that occurred outside of Louise, MS at a private agricultural runway the ASI was dispatched and arrived at 1330 CDT.…

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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