# Incident 20130802015679I: Air Tractor Inc AT-502, Gueydon, LA, August 2, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2013, 12:30 local time
- Place: Gueydon, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KLXG
- Aircraft: N9185G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9185G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 60 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130802015679I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKING ON LOAD OF FERTILIZER, PILOT ADVANCED PROP TO COME OUT OF FEATHER AND CHECKED FLIGHT CONTROLS FOR FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT.  ALL APPEARED NORMAL.  WHEN POWER WAS ADVANCED AND TAKEOFF ROLL STARTED, PILOT TRIED TO PUSH RIGHT RUDDER TO COUNTERACT P-FACTOR AND LEFT TURN.  RIGHT RUDDER STOPPED BEFORE FULL TRAVEL AND COULD NOT BE PUSHED FURTHER.

PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND ABORTED TAKEOFF.  AIRPLANE ENTERED DITCH THEN CLIMBED UP EMBANKMENT ONTO ROAD. THE PROP STRUCK THE ROAD AND STOPPED. RIGHT GEAR WAS BROKEN OFF.

## Other reports on N9185G (2)

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

- [Accident 20140707010289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140707010289A), Jul 7, 2014: Air Tractor Inc AT-502 (N9185G), Carthage, IL, Substantial damage. Aircraft made a take-off from a private Farm Strip to the south. From witness accounts, the aircraft went off the end of the grass runway and dragged it…
- [Accident 19970323003449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970323003449A), Mar 23, 1997: Airtrc AT502 (N9185G), Dumas, AR, Substantial damage. Aircraft unable to gain enough power on takeoff, went over the departure end of runway. (-23) pilot stated he had approximately 375 gallons of 2-4-0 in hopper,…

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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