# Accident 20190829011639A: Air Tractor AT-502, Olney, TX, August 29, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2019, 11:00 local time
- Place: Olney, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3508° N, 98.8192° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3508&lon=-98.8192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8517Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT-502
- Reported engine: P & W PT6A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA295) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190829011639A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 29, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, N8517Q, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-502A COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN DURING A FORCED LANDING SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM OLNEY

MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (ONY), OLNEY, TEXAS. THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, AND AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  FLIGHT WAS A PART 91 BUSINESS FLIGHT, DAY VISUAL

METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF LANE AIRPARK (T54), ROSENBERG, TEXAS.

## 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 CEN19LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA295), Aug 29, 2019: Air Tractor AT502 (N8517Q), Olney, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of thrust control due to a propeller surge event, which resulted in a forced landing shortly after 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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