# Accident 20150205001459A: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Slaton, TX, February 5, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2015, 15:13 local time
- Place: Slaton, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4836° N, 101.6611° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4836&lon=-101.6611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N602PB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N602PB-2023-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-602 (registry code 0390309, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65AG (registry code 52109, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-65ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-65AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 3 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150205001459A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 5, 2015, AT 1513 CST, AN AIR TRACTOR 602 BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N602PB, REGISTERED TO NEAL AIRCRAFT, MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING AFTER A LOSS OF POWER ON TAKE OFF FROM THE SLATON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN SLATON TX.  UPON APPLYING TAKE OFF POWER THE PILOT STATED HE THOUGHT THERE WAS AN OVER TORQUE CONDITION.  THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE,  THE PILOT COMMANDED FULL POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RESPOND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DEVELOPING ENOUGH POWER. HE LANDED IN A PLOWED FIELD SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT INVERTED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANIAL DAMAGED. THE  PILOT WAS UNINJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A FERRY FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SLATON, TX ON FEBRUARY 5, AT 1512 CST.

## 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 CEN15LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA138), Feb 5, 2015: Air Tractor AT 602 (N602PB), Slaton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s improper installation of the engine data monitor (EDM), which was not in accordance with the supplemental type certificate instructions and resulted in engine warning…

## Other reports on N602PB (1)

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

- [Accident 20220819008489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220819008489A), Aug 19, 2022: Air Tractor Inc AT-602 (N602PB), Glendora, MS, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Glendora, MS: [privacy data omitted], AT602, crashed in a field under unknown circumstances. L/l 33 50 28.3 n 90 18 09.1 w POB: 1, injuries: 1 fatal, damage:…

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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