# Accident 20250525004069A: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Fremont, OH, May 25, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2025, 12:14 local time
- Place: Fremont, OH
- Airport: Gibbs Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: OGIG
- Location: 41.4157° N, 83.0185° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4157&lon=-83.0185&mi=10
- Aircraft: N260LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N260LA) (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
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,433 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA212) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250525004069A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 ERA25LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA212), May 25, 2025: Air Tractor AT-602 (N260LA), Fremont, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate takeoff performance planning, which resulted in a runway overrun and collision with terrain.

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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