# NTSB investigations: Air Tractor AT-502B: Other weather encounter

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 CEN25LA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA314.md): Air Tractor AT-502B · Goodland, KS · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 10, 2025 · N502WF · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing and go-around with variable wind direction and speed.
- [NTSB CEN24LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA165.md): Air Tractor AT-502B · Olney, TX · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 24, 2024 · N6108L · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing in gusty wind conditions.
- [NTSB GAA17CA360](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA360.md): Air Tractor AT 502 · Portales, NM · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 22, 2017 · N700LA · Destroyed
  > The pilot's decision to fly the airplane under transmission lines while maneuvering at low altitude in high-density altitude conditions, which resulted in subsequent collision with terrain.
- [NTSB CEN15LA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA335.md): Air Tractor AT 502B · Virden, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 1, 2015 · N502LH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to establish a proper airspeed during takeoff with the airplane near its maximum gross weight and with a quartering tailwind.
- [NTSB ERA12CA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA216.md): Air Tractor AT-502B · Hollandale, MS · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 7, 2012 · N9148C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while taxiing in gusty wind conditions.
- [NTSB CEN09CA428](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA428.md): Air Tractor AT-502B · Reydell, AR · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 10, 2009 · N60023 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inability to maintain control of the airplane when it unexpectedly encountered a whirlwind shortly after 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 ('0390307')
    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" = '400' 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/400/sequence?model=0390307

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