# Accident 20130702013359A: Air Tractor Inc AT-402B, Ipswich, SD, July 2, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2013, 15:30 local time
- Place: Ipswich, SD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: T0AG
- Location: 45.4556° N, 99.0106° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4556&lon=-99.0106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2072D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2072D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-402B (registry code 0390208, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34AG (registry code 52251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-34ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-402B
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-34AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 16,353 total, 828 in this make and model, 205 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA391](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA391) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130702013359A

## Narrative

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

ON 7-2-13 AIRCRAFT N2072D A  AT-402B AT APPROXIMATELY 1530CDT TEMP 85 DEGREES WITH VFR CONDITIONS WIND 090 @ 3MPH, THE AIRPLANE WAS LOADED WITH 380GALLONS OF LIQUID AN 171GALLONS OF FUEL. THE TAKE-OFF WAS ATTEMPTED ON RUNWAY 360 ON A 2500 FT BLACKTOP SURFACE, THE TAIL CAME UP AT ABOUT HALF WAY OF THE RUNWAY . AT THE POINT OF ROTATION THE AIRPLANE BECAME SLIGHTLY AIRBORNE , AT THAT POINT THE PLANE SHUTTERED AND STALLED. THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND TURNING THE PLANE 90 DEGREES AND BEGAN TO SLIDE BACKWARDS COMING TO REST FACING THE SOUTH.

## 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 CEN13LA391](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA391), Jul 2, 2013: Air Tractor AT-402B (N2072D), Ipswich, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to obtain adequate airspeed during the takeoff roll, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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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