# Incident 20260313004419I: Air Tractor AT 400, Sedalia, MO, March 13, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2026, 14:00 local time
- Place: Sedalia, MO
- Airport: Sedalia Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 5MQG
- Location: 38.7074° N, 93.1759° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEDALIA RGNL (DMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7074&lon=-93.1759&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2393N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2393N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-400 (registry code 0390202, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT 400
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,304 total, 1,950 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260313004419I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT INITIATED THE TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 18 WITH A FULL LOAD OF FERTILIZER. WHEN THE TAILWHEEL STARTED TO RISE DURING THE ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF, A CROSSWIND GUST PUSHED THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WITH THE APPLICATION OF THE RIGHT BRAKE; HOWEVER, THE RIGHT BRAKE WAS SOFT, AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE WEST, COMING TO REST NEAR THE TOP EDGE OF A RAVINE. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR THE AIRPORT PROPERTY WAS FOUND.

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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