# Accident 20220710008409A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, Wyoming, IL, July 10, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2022, 18:10 local time
- Place: Wyoming, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 4DJG
- Location: 41.0636° N, 89.7742° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0636&lon=-89.7742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N205SK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N205SK-2024-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 3,695 total, 15 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA310) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220710008409A

## Narrative

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

NARRITIVE:

THE PILOT LANDED ON A NON CERTIFIED GRASS RUNWAY WITH A LIGHT QUARTERING TAILWIND. MATURE CORN CROP SURROUNDED CLOSE PROXIMITY OF BOTH SIDES OF THE RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT WITH APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET OF WING TIP CLEARANCE ON EACH SIDE. PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE SIGNIFICANTLY ON INITIAL TOUCHDOWN TO THE RUNWAY AND ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND. DURING THE GO-AROUND PROCESS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALLOWED TO DRIFT FROM RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE RIGHT WINGTIP ENTERED THE CORN CROP AND YAWED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT AND DECELERATING THE AIRCRAFT INTO AN UNCONTROLLED RIGHT TURN FROM WHICH THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER. THE LEFT LANDING GEAR LEG COLLAPSED UNDERNEATH THE FUSELAGE AS THE AIRCRAFT SLID FORWARD IN THE DIRECTION OF LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AFTER IMPACTING A PARKED PICKUP TRUCK NEAR A GRAIN BIN WITH THE EMPANAGE BENT ABOUT 90 DEGREES FROM AIRCRAFT CENTERLINE AS A RESULT OF THE AIRCRAFT ROTATING IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION ABOUT THE VERTICLE AXIS.

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## 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 CEN22LA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA310), Jul 10, 2022: Air Tractor AT-502B (N205SK), Wyoming, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing.

## Other reports on N205SK (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20180730018419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180730018419A), Jul 30, 2018: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B (N205SK), Louise, MS, Substantial damage. Upon receiving notification of an accident that occurred outside of Louise, MS at a private agricultural runway the ASI was dispatched and arrived at 1330 CDT.…
- [Accident 20120718016659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120718016659A), Jul 18, 2012: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B (N205SK), Sicily Island, LA, Substantial damage. Aircraft loaded with 375 gallons of ag chemical. Take off attempted on a grass airstrip. Aircraft got into ground effect appx 5 to 7 feet off the ground.…

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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