20200421005149A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-602 · El Campo, TX · April 21, 2020

Date
April 21, 2020 · 10:30 local
Place
El Campo, TX
Airport
Tradeind Ag
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
T0GG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N419TW
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN20CA158
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-602
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60AG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
6,838 total

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.

On the landing roll out, the pilot noticed the ground spray rig moving across the run way. The pilot was focused on the rig when he thought about going around and applied power. He decided that he was not going to make it and pulled back power. He attempted to stop the aircraft but overshot the runway. The aircraft crashed into the fence damaging the right aileron, right leading edge, and one of the four propeller blades was missing. There was damage to the center fuselage under the engine cowling and damage to the tail wheel.

As the FAA filed it

ON THE LANDING ROLL OUT, THE PILOT NOTICED THE GROUND SPRAY RIG MOVING ACROSS THE RUN WAY. THE PILOT WAS FOCUSED ON THE RIG WHEN HE THOUGHT ABOUT GOING AROUND AND APPLIED POWER. HE DECIDED THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT AND PULLED BACK POWER. HE ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BUT OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE FENCE DAMAGING THE RIGHT AILERON, RIGHT LEADING EDGE, AND ONE OF THE FOUR PROPELLER BLADES WAS MISSING. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE CENTER FUSELAGE UNDER THE ENGINE COWLING AND DAMAGE TO THE TAIL WHEEL.

NTSB investigation

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