20250525004069A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-602 · Fremont, OH · May 25, 2025

Date
May 25, 2025 · 12:14 local
Place
Fremont, OH
Airport
Gibbs Field Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
OGIG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N260LA
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA25LA212
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-602
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65AG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,433 total1,500 in this make and model43 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.

Inspectors opinion the aircraft did not have suffcient airspeed to fly with the payload onboard the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

INSPECTORS OPINION THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE SUFFCIENT AIRSPEED TO FLY WITH THE PAYLOAD ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

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