# Accident 20160612005799A: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, Cairo, IL, June 12, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2016, 07:45 local time
- Place: Cairo, IL
- Airport: Cairo Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 1TJG
- Location: 37.0642° N, 89.2194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0642&lon=-89.2194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20361, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20361-2018-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-802A (registry code 0390308, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802a) (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-802A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-65AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA313) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160612005799A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING RUNWAY 32 AT CAIRO, IL WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED PULLING TO THE LEFT ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL.  PILOT TRIED TO ABORT TAKEOFF BUT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, DEPARTING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING AND PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY WITH THE RIGHT GEAR BROKEN OFF AND SITTING ON THE RIGHT WING.

## 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 GAA16CA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA313), Jun 12, 2016: Air Tractor AT 802 (N20361), Cairo, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to ensure that the tailwheel pin was in the locked position prior to the takeoff roll, resulting in a runway excursion, ground loop, and substantial damage.

## Other reports on N20361 (1)

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

- [Accident 20170117000769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170117000769A), Jan 17, 2017: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A (N20361), Vernon, UT, Substantial damage. After application completed pilot headed back to main base, as he approached a elevated ridge he failed to add suffient power to allow for an improved climb.…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.