# Accident 20180627022449A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, Tappen, ND, June 27, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2018, 20:00 local time
- Place: Tappen, ND
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: JPXG
- Location: 46.8695° N, 99.6251° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8695&lon=-99.6251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N502S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N502S-2020-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA249) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180627022449A

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT SEEMED TO SUFFER A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER.  THE PILOT JETTISONED THE LOAD AND MOVED THE POWER LEVER ALL THE WAY FORWARD.  THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO CLIMB AND RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND INTO A POND IN WHICH IT FLIPPED AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.

## 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 CEN18LA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA249), Jun 28, 2018: Air Tractor AT502 (N502S), Tappen, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.

## Other reports on N502S (1)

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

- [Accident 19981008028659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981008028659A), Oct 8, 1998: Airtrc AT502B (N502S), Ringling, OK, Substantial damage. Acft was involved in aerial application and had pulled up after dusting a field when the sun got in the pilots eyes and the acft struck a utility pole.(.19) 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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