# NTSB investigations: Air Tractor AT-502: Loss of control on ground

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CEN25FA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA197.md): Air Tractor AT-502 · Grady, AR · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Preliminary report · Jun 6, 2025 · N9185F · Substantial damage
  > On June 6, 2025, about 1830 central daylight time, an Air Tractor AT-502 airplane, N9185F, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Grady, Arkansas. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of…
- [NTSB CEN23LA377](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA377.md): Air Tractor AT-502 · Great Bend, ND · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 15, 2023 · N9082C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s hard landing on a road and subsequent loss of control, resulting in the airplane impacting a ditch.
- [NTSB GAA23WA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA061.md): Air Tractor AT-502 · Puerto Barrios, Guatemala · Accident · Class 5 · Foreign · Jan 31, 2023 · N4507U · Substantial damage
- [NTSB CEN22LA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA389.md): Air Tractor AT502 · Appleton, MN · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 10, 2022 · N73194 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll with a quartering tailwind.
- [NTSB CEN22LA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA352.md): Air Tractor AT-502 · Washington, LA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 1, 2022 · N407CT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a wire during an aerial application of a field.
- [NTSB GAA18CA415](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA415.md): Air Tractor AT 502 · De Land, IL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 10, 2018 · N4509S · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s selection of unsuitable terrain for landing in crosswind conditions, which resulted in the airplane inadvertently becoming airborne and a subsequent hard landing and loss of directional control.
- [NTSB GAA16CA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA321.md): Air Tractor AT 502 · Delhi, LA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 15, 2016 · N1002L · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inability to maintain directional control during the landing roll as a result of a piece of concrete from the runway impacting the right main landing gear brake during the landing roll, resulting in a right brake failure and a ground loop.
- [NTSB ERA14CA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA030.md): Air Tractor AT 502 · Charleston, MS · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 21, 2013 · N1022N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a fence.
- [NTSB ERA09CA428](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA428.md): Air Tractor AT502 · Dundee, MS · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 29, 2009 · N502AJ · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during takeoff.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('0390303')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND s.aircrafts_position = x.position AND s."tier2Number" = '230' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent")))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence?model=0390303

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