# Accident 20150609008669A: Air Tractor Inc AT-401, Wall, SD, June 9, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2015, 16:45 local time
- Place: Wall, SD
- Airport: Grass Strip Near Wall, Sd
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ZDKG
- Location: 44.1067° N, 102.3481° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1067&lon=-102.3481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4549E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4549E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-401 (registry code 0390204, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-401
- Reported engine: GARRETT TPE 331-1-151G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,130 total, 1,310 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150609008669A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 9, 2015, AT 1630 AN AIR TRACTOR (AT-401) REGISTERED TO CEDAR BUTTE AIR INC., WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE TAKING-OFF FROM A GRASS STRIP FOR THE PURPOSE OF AGRICULTURAL AERIAL APPLICATION. VISUAL METROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE OWNERS RANCH, FROM A GRASS STRIP 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALL, SD.

## 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 GAA15CA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA117), Jun 9, 2015: Air Tractor AT 401 (N4549E), Wall, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to adjust the airplane's useful load to compensate for the high temperature, which resulted in an insufficient climb rate to clear surrounding terrain, and a runway excursion.

## Other reports on N4549E (2)

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

- [Accident 20010702018889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010702018889A), Jul 2, 2001: Airtrc AT401 (N4549E), Ellinwood, KS, No damage. (.19) On July 2, 2001, at 0930 central daylight time, an air tractor AT-401, N4549E, contacted a guy wire and collided with the terrain during an aerial…
- [Incident 19960321017399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960321017399I), Mar 21, 1996: Airtrc AT401 (N4549E), Ellinwood, KS. Narrative: Mr. Hoeffner was spraying two pastures located across the road from each other and separated by a powerline. He was climbing over the powerline on…

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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