# Accident 20190613006869A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, San Benito, TX, June 13, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2019, 15:30 local time
- Place: San Benito, TX
- Airport: Kornegay Private Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ZBJG
- Location: 26.1481° N, 97.5900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1481&lon=-97.5900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N103CK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N103CK-2021-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34AG (registry code 52251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-34ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502B
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-34AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA339) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190613006869A

## Narrative

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

JUNE 13, 2019 AT 1530 CDT, AN AIR TRACTOR 502B, WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND CLIMB WHILE IN GROUND EFFECT. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO ENCOUNTER THE BRUSH OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY AND CRASHED INTO THE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED IN THE POST CRASH FIRE. THE AIRMAN WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. DURING FAA ONSITE INVESTIGATION, THE AIRMAN STATED THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT. HE ALSO STATED THAT IT WAS HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE AND AN OVERLOADED AIRCRAFT WHICH CAUSED POOR TAKEOFF PERFORMANCE. HE ADMITTED TO NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE ALONG WITH ATTEMPTING TO FLY ABOVE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE GROSS WEIGHT.

## 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 GAA19CA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA339), Jun 13, 2019: Air Tractor AT502 (N103CK), San Benito, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to take off with the airplane near its maximum allowable gross takeoff weight and his subsequent exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during takeoff,…

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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