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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Air Tractor AT-502B · Norfolk, NE · May 30, 2023

Date
May 30, 2023 · 18:25 local
Place
Norfolk, NE
Airport
Norfolk Regional/Karl Stefan Memorial
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N261JB
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-502B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34AG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
489 total7 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While practicing the pilot landed on runway 20, lost directional control, departed the runway to the left, contacted a taxi light, a PAPI light and a windsock before ground looping. No injuries. Damage to the aircraft is minor.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE PRACTICING THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 20, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT, CONTACTED A TAXI LIGHT, A PAPI LIGHT AND A WINDSOCK BEFORE GROUND LOOPING. NO INJURIES. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS MINOR.