# NTSB GAA23WA061: Air Tractor AT-502, N4507U, Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, January 31, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 31, 2023, 06:50 local (12:50 UTC)
- Place: Puerto Barrios, Guatemala
- Coordinates: 15.690316, -88.583251 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=15.6903&lon=-88.5833&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106669
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA061
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106669/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA061

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Air Tractor AT-502, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=0390303), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4507U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4507U-2024-04-12), registration cancelled 2024-04-12, S/N 502-0091 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502
- Registry model: [Air Tractor AT-502](https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (registry code 0390303) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (registry code 52043, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 502-0091
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

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.

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