# Accident 20260615013429A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, Forbes, MO, June 15, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2026, 21:28 local time
- Place: Forbes, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: URKG
- Location: 39.8800° N, 95.0528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8800&lon=-95.0528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N503GK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N503GK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34AG (registry code 52251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-34ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502B
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-34AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 320 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC26FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26FA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260615013429A

## Narrative

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

ARRIVED ON SCENE IN HOLT CO. MISSOURI AND FOUND AIRCRAFT N503GK"S NOSE SECTION EMBEDDED IN SOFT SOIL AT APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREE ANGLE AND INVERTED. AIRCRAFT WAS ON 240 HEADING. DEBRIS FIELD WAS LIMITED TO LESS THAN 20 FOOT RADIUS OF THE WRECKAGE. SIX FOOT OF THE RIGHT WING WAS SEVERED. SLIGHT SMELL OF FUEL ON SCENE AND TRACE AMOUNTS IN FUEL TANKS. LEADING EDGES OF WINGS COMMON TO FUEL CELLS HAD NUMEROUS SHEARED RIVETS WHICH WOULD BREACH FUEL CELL.

06/17/2026 ARRIVED ON SCENE ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVE FROM MANUFACTURER. ACCOMPLISHED CONTROL CABLE CONTINUITY CHECKS OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND FOUND CONTINUITY ON ALL THREE AXIS. WILL NEED AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SITE TO CONDUCT INSPECTION OF PROPELLER, ENGINE AND LEADING-EDGE SPARS OF BOTH WINGS.

06/22/2026 INSPECTED AIRCRAFT PROPELLER. EVIDENCE APPEARED TO NOT BE UNDER POWER AT IMPACT AND APPEARED TO BE IN FEATHERED CONDITION. TWO OF THE THREE BLADES WERE SHEARED FROM THE HUB AT THE ROOT.

## 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 ANC26FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26FA054), Jun 16, 2026: Air Tractor AT-502B (N503GK), Forbes, MO, substantial damage, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

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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