# Accident 20130720013519A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502, Shannon, IL, July 20, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2013, 09:45 local time
- Place: Shannon, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: W3GG
- Location: 42.1814° N, 89.6769° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1814&lon=-89.6769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N502MH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N502MH) (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: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,300 total, 450 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA426](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA426) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130720013519A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT THIS WAS HIS FOURTH FLIGHT OF THE DAY.  HE LOADED 330 GALLONS OF PRODUCT AND 80 GALLONS OF FUEL (544 POUNDS).  MAX GROSS FOR THE PLANE IS 8000 POUNDS.  AIRPLANE WEIGHT AT TAKEOFF CALCULATED TO BE 7902 POUNDS.  RUNWAY LENGTH 2500.  HE DESCRIBED THE WIND AT TAKEOFF AS LIGHT AND VARIABLE.  NEARBY WIND WAS REPORTED AS 310 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS.  HE DEPARTED TO THE SOUTH ON RUNWAY 18, BEGAN HIS CLIMB AND AT 10-15 FEET ABOVE THE CORN, HE FELT A GUST AND THE PLANE SETTLED INTO THE CORN.  THE SPRAY BOOM CONTACTED THE CORN FIRST, WHICH SLOWED THE PLANE AND DRUG IT FURTHER INTO THE CORN.

## 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 CEN13LA426](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA426), Jul 20, 2013: Air Tractor AT-502 (N502MH), Shannon, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inability to maintain an adequate climb rate after encountering a sudden wind shift during takeoff.

## Other reports on N502MH (1)

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

- [Incident 20030814022139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030814022139I), Aug 14, 2003: Airtrc AT502 (N502MH), Estherville, IA, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft had departed the fairmont, Minnesota (frm) airport approximately forty-five minutes prior to the incident and was spraying a bean field at…

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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