# Accident 20250810010079A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, Goodland, KS, August 10, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2025, 15:01 local time
- Place: Goodland, KS
- Airport: Renner Fld /Goodland Municipal/
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 9MWG
- Location: 39.3707° N, 101.6987° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3707&lon=-101.6987&mi=10
- Aircraft: N502WF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N502WF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,927 total, 296 in this make and model, 258 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA314) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250810010079A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 10, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING FLARE ON RUNWAY 30 AT GOODLAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KGLD), THE AIRCRAFT, CONFIGURED WITH FULL FLAPS, WAS LIFTED APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED ADDING A SMALL AMOUNT OF POWER AND DETERMINING THAT SUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINED TO CONTINUE THE LANDING. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT’S NOSE THEN YAWED APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT BEFORE BEING CORRECTED, FOLLOWED BY A YAW OF APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 DEGREES TO THE LEFT, WHICH WAS ALSO CORRECTED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NO LONGER STABILIZED AND THAT A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE GO-AROUND ATTEMPT THE NOSE YAWED APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT, AFTER WHICH THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND SLID TO A STOP IN THE GRASS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAYS 12/30 AND 05/23.

ASOS DATA INDICATED A QUARTERING TAILWIND DURING THE APPROXIMATE TIME OF LANDING ON RUNWAY 30.

NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OR FAILURES WERE REPORTED OR DISCOVERED THAT WOULD HAVE PRECLUDED NORMAL OPERATION OF 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 CEN25LA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA314), Aug 10, 2025: Air Tractor AT-502B (N502WF), Goodland, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing and go-around with variable wind direction and speed.

## Other reports on N502WF (1)

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

- [Incident 20160815014479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160815014479I), Aug 15, 2016: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B (N502WF), Appomatox, VA, Minor damage. During aerial spray operations the pilot struck a wire. The pilot was unaware that he had hit anything and experienced no indications that would lead him to…

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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