20240424005079A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-502B · Olney, TX · April 24, 2024

Date
April 24, 2024 · 18:52 local
Place
Olney, TX
Airport
Olney Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
KTRG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6108L
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN24LA165
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-502B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
372 total3 in this make and model26 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.

On April 24, 2024, an Air tractor AT-502N, bearing the registration number privacy data omitted, operating under 14 CFR part 137 was substantially damaged while performing a landing on runway 17 in Olney Texas. At touchdown, loss of control was encountered and the aircraft departed the left side of the runway and ended up in an open wheat field. The pilot exited the aircraft without injury.

As the FAA filed it

ON APRIL 24, 2024, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-502N, BEARING THE REGISTRATION NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 137 WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE PERFORMING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 17 IN OLNEY TEXAS. AT TOUCHDOWN, LOSS OF CONTROL WAS ENCOUNTERED AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND ENDED UP IN AN OPEN WHEAT FIELD. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.