# Accident 20200629007739A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, South Bay, FL, June 29, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2020, 12:30 local time
- Place: South Bay, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 1PBG
- Location: 26.4728° N, 80.5569° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4728&lon=-80.5569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42190, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42190) (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: 3,106 total, 1,640 in this make and model, 212 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA231) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200629007739A

## Narrative

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

PART 137 OPERATION UNDER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FAA CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AIR TRACTOR AT-502B, SERIAL NUMBER 502B-2705, REGISTRATION N42190 WAS DISPERSING FERTILIZER OVER SUGAR CANE FIELDS ON RETURN TO LAND THE PILOT STALLED AIRCRAFT DURING TURN FROM BASE INTO A SHORT FINAL APPROACH LOSING CONTROL, CRASHING INTO SUGAR CANE FIELD COMING TO A STOP ON THE EDGE OF THE SUGAR CANE FIELD AND EMBANKMENT. AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO EMPENNAGE, WINGS AND LANDING GEAR, PILOT SUFFERED NO INJURIES. AIR TRACTOR N42190 IS OWN AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, OF BELLE GLADES, FLORIDA.

## 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 ERA20CA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA231), Jun 29, 2020: Air Tractor AT502 (N42190), South Bay, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control during the approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with vegetation and terrain.

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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