# Accident 20220601003389A: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Allport, AR, June 1, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2022, 17:15 local time
- Place: Allport, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: VYWG
- Location: 34.5434° N, 91.7993° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5434&lon=-91.7993&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5007R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5007R-2023-04-19) (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-66 series (registry code 52118, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-66-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-66 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13,611 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA228) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220601003389A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELLY 1715 CST ON 1 JUNE, 2022, N5007R, LOADED WITH 3600 POUNDS OF UREA FERTILIZER, WAS TAKING OFF EASTBOUND FROM A PRIVATE STRIP NEAR ALLPORT ARKANSAS [34°32'39.99"N // 91°48'1.10"W] HEADED TO A FIELD NORTHEAST OF HUMNOKE ARKANSAS WHEN THE PILOT HEARD A LOAD POP, FOLLOWED BY FLASHES OF FIRE FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT, ENSURED HIS FLAPS WERE DOWN, RETARDED THE THROTTLE, SURVEYED THE AREA, AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING APPROXIMATELY 0.81 MILES E/NE OF THE AIRSTRIP. THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED THE MUDDY PERIMETER OF THE FIELD AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT FLIPPED FORWARD ONTO ITS TOP. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR SCRATCHES AND ABRASIONS.

## 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 CEN22LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA228), Jun 1, 2022: Air Tractor AT-602 (N5007R), Allport, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to fuel contamination from foreign object debris. Contributing to the accident was the operator’s failure to follow the manufacturer’s required airframe fuel filter…

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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