# Accident 20120817021909A: Air Tractor Inc AT-402B, Gum Neck, NC, August 17, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2012, 12:35 local time
- Place: Gum Neck, NC
- Airport: Gum Neck
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: WUVG
- Location: 34.8094° N, 76.1856° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8094&lon=-76.1856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5127T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5127T-2017-11-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-402B (registry code 0390208, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-402b) (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-402B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA517](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA517) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120817021909A

## Narrative

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

OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TAKE OFF FULLY LOADED FROM UNFAMILIER SOFT FIELD RUNWAY. RUNWAY CONDITION WAS TALL GRASS, WITH RUTTS AND HOLES. AIRCRAFT SPRUNG INTO AIR SLIGHTLY AFTER ENGAGING RAMPED, RUT JUST BEFORE V REF, AND LEANED TO THE RIGHT SIDE. RT WING ENGAGED HEAVY CORN GROWTH, AND SPUN AIRCRAFT CAUSING TAIL OF AIRCRAFT INTO SOFT GROUND AND MOMENTUM RAISED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT UP AND OVER, LANDING ON ITS TOP.  AIRCRAFT SHEARED TAIL JUST BEHIND COCKPIT, DAMAGED PROPELLER, ENGINE LANDING GEAR, AND FUSALAGE. OPERATOR WAS VERY COOPERATIVE. COUNSILING WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY FAA FASSTEAM.

## 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 ERA12CA517](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA517), Aug 17, 2012: Air Tractor AT-402B (N5127T), Gum Neck, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during the takeoff roll. Contributing to the accident was the rough condition of the runway.

## Other reports on N5127T (1)

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

- [Incident 20010521008729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010521008729I), May 21, 2001: Airtrc AT402B (N5127T), Swan Quarter, NC, Minor damage. (-23)The pilot stated that he was landing at a private strip in fairfield, NC during his agricultural spraying operations. During landing, the pilot noticed…

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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