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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-400A · Lamoni, IA · August 3, 2025

Date
August 3, 2025 · 11:00 local
Place
Lamoni, IA
Airport
Lamoni Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
8KDG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3157B
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN25LA303
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-400A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
8,949 total52 in this make and model74 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.

The pilot failed to maintain control of the aircraft during an aborted takeoff resulting in the aircraft entering a ditch beyond the end of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT ENTERING A DITCH BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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