Air Tractor AT-502B N205SK

Summary

On 10 July 2022 at about 23:05 local time, a Air Tractor AT-502B registered N205SK was involved in an accident near Wyoming, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 July 2022 at 23:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Wyoming, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Unnamed Farm Strip (N/A)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Air Tractor AT-502B

Registration

N205SK

Category

Airplane

Year built

2001

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wyoming → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN22LA310

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, upon landing, the airplane bounced and he elected to go around. He added power and heard the engine spool up. The airplane became airborne again, but at the top of the bounce, the pilot felt the right wing rapidly dip and he applied left aileron to correct it. The right-wing started to rise, but before it leveled off, he heard it contact the corn. The airplane spun to the right and landed in the corn field, resulting in substantial damage to aft fuselage and empennage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.