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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-502B · Edna, TX · June 25, 2015

Date
June 25, 2015 · 08:00 local
Place
Edna, TX
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
JWEG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6107W
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-502B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
33,000 total2,000 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated he attempted to take off from a grass runway. As the aircraft got light it drifted right and made contact with a fence on the west side of the runway. The contact with the fence caused the aircraft to ground loop. Damage to the aircraft included damage to the propeller, both wings, the empanage was twisted, and the tail gear was sheared off.

There was no fire.

The pilot was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED HE ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF FROM A GRASS RUNWAY. AS THE AIRCRAFT GOT LIGHT IT DRIFTED RIGHT AND MADE CONTACT WITH A FENCE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE CONTACT WITH THE FENCE CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, BOTH WINGS, THE EMPANAGE WAS TWISTED, AND THE TAIL GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF.

THERE WAS NO FIRE.

THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.