# Accident 20250606005919A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502, Swan Lake, AR, June 6, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2025, 16:30 local time
- Place: Swan Lake, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 2FBG
- Location: 34.1846° N, 91.6657° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1846&lon=-91.6657&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9185F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9185F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 727 total, 165 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25FA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250606005919A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 ON JUNE 6TH,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AN AIR TRACTOR 602 HAD RELOADED WITH APPROXIMATELY 2,500 LBS OF FERTILIZER AND REFUELED APPROXIMATELY THREE QUARTERS FULL. UPON TAKEOFF, APPROXIMATELY 2,065 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT, LEAVING THE RUNWAY, ENTERING INTO A BEAN FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF MOVING APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FORWARD INTO THE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CAME DOWN WITH THE RIGHT WING STRIKING THE GROUND, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN TO THE RIGHT THROUGH THE BEANS. THE MOMENTUM CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER, COMING TO REST INVERTED IN A CANAL THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 45 FEET WIDE AND CONTAINED ABOUT THREE FEET OF WATER. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE NORTH BANK, WHILE THE REST OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBMERGED IN THE WATER. THE AIRMAN WAS FOUND DECEASED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 CEN25FA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA197), Jun 6, 2025: Air Tractor AT-502 (N9185F), Grady, AR, substantial damage, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N9185F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20020305002349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020305002349A), Mar 5, 2002: Airtrc AT502 (N9185F), Schlater, MS, No damage. (-23) Acft lost all power at takeoff. The pilot reported hearing a loud bang in the engine and a lot of sparks coming from the right exhaust. No injuries. On…

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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