# Accident 20160606006349A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502, Ropesville, TX, June 6, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2016, 13:15 local time
- Place: Ropesville, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 4TCG
- Location: 33.4133° N, 102.1542° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4133&lon=-102.1542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10325, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10325-2018-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 77 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA208) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160606006349A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 6, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1316 CDT, PILOT WAS ON TURN AROUND AND SETTING UP A RETURN PASS. THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED, WHICH RESULTED IN A STALL DURING THE TURN  AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED.  THE AIRCRAFT HIT TERRAIN AT A STEEP ANGLE AND WAS DESTROYED,THE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

## 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 CEN16LA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA208), Jun 6, 2016: Air Tractor AT-502 (N10325), Ropesville, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall while maneuvering.

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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