# Accident 20200421005149A: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, El Campo, TX, April 21, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2020, 10:30 local time
- Place: El Campo, TX
- Airport: Tradeind Ag
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: T0GG
- Location: 29.3186° N, 96.4025° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3186&lon=-96.4025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N419TW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N419TW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-602 (registry code 0390309, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60AG (registry code 52101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,838 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200421005149A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN20CA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA158), Apr 21, 2020: Air Tractor AT 602 (N419TW), El Campo, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of a ground spray rig’s position and his incorrect belief that a runway incursion might occur, which resulted in the pilot attempting and then aborting a go-around, which…

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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