20190527005259A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-802A · Fisher, AR · May 27, 2019

Date
May 27, 2019 · 17:30 local
Place
Fisher, AR
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
WA9G
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N802WW
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA19CA289
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-802A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65AG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
21,198 total3,400 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

N802WW attempted northerly takeoff on a dry grass airstrip located on wixon lane in Fisher, Arkansas. After travelling approximately 500 feet, the aircraft veered to the left at a heading of approximately 330 degrees north-west. The aircraft departed the airstrip, crossed two ditches and a dirt road, and came to rest upright approximately 500 feet downrange in the farm field west of the airstrip at an approximate heading of 45 degrees north-east. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the right wing, detachment of the right main landing gear, and damage to the spray apparatus and propeller. Winds at the time were from the south-west at 21MPH, gusting to 28MPH.

As the FAA filed it

N802WW ATTEMPTED NORTHERLY TAKEOFF ON A DRY GRASS AIRSTRIP LOCATED ON WIXON LANE IN FISHER, ARKANSAS. AFTER TRAVELLING APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AT A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 330 DEGREES NORTH-WEST. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE AIRSTRIP, CROSSED TWO DITCHES AND A DIRT ROAD, AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET DOWNRANGE IN THE FARM FIELD WEST OF THE AIRSTRIP AT AN APPROXIMATE HEADING OF 45 DEGREES NORTH-EAST. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, DETACHMENT OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND DAMAGE TO THE SPRAY APPARATUS AND PROPELLER. WINDS AT THE TIME WERE FROM THE SOUTH-WEST AT 21MPH, GUSTING TO 28MPH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.