# Accident 20180726018069A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502A, Iowa, LA, July 26, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2018, 12:17 local time
- Place: Iowa, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KGRG
- Location: 30.2244° N, 93.0003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2244&lon=-93.0003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N254LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N254LA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502A (registry code 0390306, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140AG (registry code 51800, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-140ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-140AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 24,367 total, 967 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA447](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA447) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180726018069A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS LANDING THE AIRCRAFT ON A GRASS STRIP, PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND DID A VIOLENT RIGHT TURN, PILOT STATED HE TRIED TO CORRECT AND ADD POWER, LEFT WING MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT SLIDE SIDEWAYS AND WAS OUT OF CONTROL AND WENT INTO A DITCH. PILOT NOT INJURED.

## 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 GAA18CA447](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA447), Jul 26, 2018: Air Tractor AT502 (N254LA), Iowa, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N254LA (1)

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

- [Accident 20260212000862A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260212000862A), Feb 12, 2026: Air Tractor Inc AT-502A (N254LA), Sulphur, LA, Substantial damage. Aircraft was performing aerial application work near a non towered uncontrolled airport and was using airport to reload aircraft. Aircraft was returning…

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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