- Date
- June 20, 2022, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Newport, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N42022Air Tractor AT-602
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20220620004269A
- Case key
- 105351
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from obstructed terrain during takeoff.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to the pilot, while attempting to depart from a turf runway with a third load of fertilizer and ¾’s tab of fuel in each tank, the airplane lifted off the ground and was only one to two feet in the air when it settled back down. The left landing gear struck a berm at the end of the runway that was hidden by tall grass and separated from the airplane. The pilot reduced the weight by dropping the fertilizer and returned to land. The airplane touched down on the right main landing gear and tail wheel and the pilot kept the left wing up as long as possible. The left wing and fuselage sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42022
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-602
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 602-1169
- Built
- 2009
- Airframe hours
- 5,200
- Engine
- Pratt and Whitney Canada PT6-60AG, 10,205 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Central Iowa Agricultural Aviation LLC
- Registered owner
- Central Iowa Agricultural Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 2, 2022
- Departed
- M19 · Newport, AR
- Airport
- M19 · Newport Regional Airport
- Equipment
- Satellite tracking device
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 30, 2020
- Seat
- Single
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 8,813 total · 911 in this make and model · 6,687 as pilot in command · 152 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Observed at
- M19, 7 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KMEM 201754Z 09004KT 10SM CLR 34/13 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP211 T03440133 10344 20233 58010=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 24, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 9.3 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.