# Accident 20120817019089A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, Bogata, TX, August 17, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2012, 15:45 local time
- Place: Bogata, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: D3OG
- Location: 33.4706° N, 95.2136° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4706&lon=-95.2136&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6047G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6047G-2014-12-22) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 27,500 total, 7,200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA568](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA568) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120817019089A

## Narrative

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

ON 08/20/2012 THIS OFFICE WAS INFORMED THAT N6047G WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON 08/17/2012. N6047G WAS OPERATING OUT OF A GRASS STRIP NEAR BOGATA TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOADED WITH 450 GALLONS OF A ROUND UP / WATER MIX IN THE HOPPER. THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO DEPART THE APPROXIATLY 2000 FEET GRASS STRIP. AT ROTATION THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE IN GROUND EFFECT. THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED A WATER CANAL APPROXIATLY 10-12 FEET DOWN IN ELEVATION AT THE END OF THE STRIP AND BEGAN TO LOSE THE GROUND EFFECT. THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT MAIN GEAR IMPACTED THE CANAL BANK. THE AIRCRAFT LOST THE REMAINING ALTITUDE AND THE LEFT WING BEGAN TO IMPACT THE ROWS OF CORN IN THE CORN FIELD. BOTH LANDING GEAR WERE SEPERATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A SLIDING STOP IN THE CORN FIELD. PILOT STATED THE ENGINE NEVER LOST POWER. EVIDENCE CONCURS WITH HIS STATEMENT. THE AIRMAN WAS NOT INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN12CA568](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA568), Aug 17, 2012: Air Tractor AT-502B (N6047G), Bogata, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in the airplane’s loading beyond its maximum gross weight.

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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