# Accident 20180710004029A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502, Deland, IL, July 10, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2018, 16:45 local time
- Place: Deland, IL
- Airport: Flying Illini Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 6OBG
- Location: 40.1097° N, 88.6831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1097&lon=-88.6831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4509S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4509S) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,135 total, 454 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA415](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA415) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180710004029A

## Narrative

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

PIC STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND FOLLOWING A VISIBLE RAIN SHOWER.  THE WINDS CREATED A CROSSWIND SCENARIO AT THE TIME OF LANDING.  THE PIC STATED THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN, FOLLOWED BY A BOUNCE.  DURING THE BOUNCE, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE EAST.  UPON SECOND TOUCHDOWN, FOLLOWING BOUNCE, THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE BEANS GROWING TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  ACCORDING TO THE PIC THIS CAUSED A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 GAA18CA415](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA415), Jul 10, 2018: Air Tractor AT 502 (N4509S), De Land, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s selection of unsuitable terrain for landing in crosswind conditions, which resulted in the airplane inadvertently becoming airborne and a subsequent hard landing and loss of directional…

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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