# NTSB CEN25LA314: Air Tractor AT-502B, N502WF, Goodland, KS, August 10, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 10, 2025, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC) - Place: Goodland, KS - Coordinates: 39.370741, -101.69873 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3707&lon=-101.6987&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 23, 2025 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - Wichita FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 200748 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA314 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200748/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200748 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA314 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing and go-around with variable wind direction and speed. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Wind: variable wind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034025): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Air Tractor AT-502B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034025/cases.md?model=0390307), [All aircraft, 113 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034025/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Air Tractor AT-502B, 22 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=0390307), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Air Tractor AT-502B, 18 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=0390307), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Air Tractor AT-502B, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=0390307), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot stated that during the landing flare the airplane suddenly pitched up and climbed about 25 feet. She reported that after she re-stabilized, the nose of the airplane suddenly yawed 15-20° to the right. She corrected the nose back to align with the runway centerline and the nose suddenly yawed 15-20° to the left. She attempted to go around by adding engine power, but the airplane yawed about 90° to the right, impacted the ground and slid across the grass resulting in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that she believed a dust devil may have been the cause of the airplane upset. According to a Surface Analysis chart, a surface wind trough was observed near the accident site around the time of the accident. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operations. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N502WF](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N502WF), registered now, S/N 502B-2646 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502B - Registry model: [Air Tractor AT-502B](https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (registry code 0390307) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 502B-2646 - Year built: 2008 - Airframe hours: 7186 - Engines: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-34AG 750 horsepower turbo prop - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 137 - Operator: Midwest Custom Ag Aviation, Inc - Registered owner: Bank Of Utah Trustee - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special) - Last inspection: 100 hour, July 30, 2023 - Airport: GLD, Renner Fld/Goodland Muni, runway 12/30, 5,499 × 100 ft, concrete - Equipment: Onboard weather, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 48; injuries: minor; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 4, 2024; seat: single; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 2,927 total, 296 in this make and model, 2,559 as pilot in command, 258 in the last 90 days, 178 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 130° at 8 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 61 °F - Altimeter: 30.08 inHg - Observed at: KGLD - METAR: KGLD 102153Z AUTO 13008KT 10SM FEW045 27/16 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP145 T02720161 ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20250810010079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250810010079A), Aug 10, 2025: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, Goodland, KS, Substantial damage. On August 10, 2025, at approximately 1500 local time, the pilot reported that during the landing flare on runway 30 at Goodland municipal airport (kgld), the… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 23, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200748. 4.3 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 3.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19302703&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Rosemarie%20Surette%206120.1_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record a�� telephone interview, pilot (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 62 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19302412&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ROC%20pilot-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 608 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19302148&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf - Weather reports and records (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 280 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19366456&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Surface%20Analysis-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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