# Accident 20250523012299A: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Goudeau, LA, May 23, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2025, 20:30 local time
- Place: Goudeau, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: TW9G
- Location: 30.8719° N, 92.0143° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8719&lon=-92.0143&mi=10
- Aircraft: N216TA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N216TA) (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-65AG (registry code 52109, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-65ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-65AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250523012299A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED ON GRASS AIRSTRIP. HEAVY RAIN THE PREVIOUS WEEK RESULTED IN SOFT TERRAIN CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER, COMING TO REST INVERTED.

## 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 CEN25LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA187), May 23, 2025: Air Tractor AT-602 (N216TA), Goudeau, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent encounter with soft terrain conditions during the landing which resulted in a loss of directional and a subsequent nose-over.

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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