# Accident 20150625010019A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, Edna, TX, June 25, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2015, 08:00 local time
- Place: Edna, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: JWEG
- Location: 28.9751° N, 96.6485° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Edna, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9751&lon=-96.6485&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6107W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6107W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34AG (registry code 52251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-34ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 33,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150625010019A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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