# Accident 20220825013779A: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Murray, NE, August 25, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2022, 10:30 local time
- Place: Murray, NE
- Airport: Nolte Farms
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 9MAG
- Location: 40.9306° N, 95.9999° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9306&lon=-95.9999&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5951B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5951B-2024-02-03) (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, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,607 total, 1,450 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA408](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA408) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220825013779A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 25, 2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 LOCAL TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AN AIR TRACTOR MODEL 602, SERIAL NUMBER 602-1209 RETURNED FOR LANDING AT NOLTE FARMS AIRPORT, A PRIVATELY OWNED AND OPERATED 2500 X 75 FOOT GRASS RUNWAY AFTER CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATIONS.  DURING LANDING, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STEER USING BRAKE APPLICATION ON THE GRASS RUNWAY THAT HAD RESIDUAL MOISTURE ON THE GRASS FROM A LIGHT RAIN APPROXIMATELY 4 HOURS PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SKID RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND IMPACT WITH THE AGRICULTURAL CROPS SURROUNDING THE RUNWAY.  AFTER CONTACTING THE ADJACENT CROPS THE AIRCRAFT REPORTEDLY SPUN RAPIDLY AND OVERTURNED CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, AND THE EMPENNAGE AND TAIL ASSEMBLY TO BE COMPRESSED AND BENT LATERALLY 90 DEGREES TO THE FUSELAGE AND PARALLEL TO THE RIGHT WING TRAILING EDGE.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ROTATE IN BOTH THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL PLANES UNTIL IT CAME TO REST INVERTED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, EMPENNAGE, LEFT WING TIP, LEFT AILERON, AND LEFT FLAP.  ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED BY THE RIGHT WING TIP, CANOPY, PROPELLER, ENGINE COWLING, AND ALL APPLICATOR ATTACHMENTS.  THE PILOT DID NOT SUSTAIN INJURIES, AND WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ASSISTANCE.  NO POST IMPACT FIRE WAS NOTED.

## 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 CEN22LA408](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA408), Aug 25, 2022: Air Tractor AT-602 (N5951B), Murray, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during landing resulting in an impact with crop and a subsequent ground-loop. Contributing was the wet turf airstrip.

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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