# NTSB Accident CEN14LA349
> **AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502** · 2014-07-07 · Carthage, IL, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN14LA349
- **Event ID:** 20140709X50704
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2014-07-07
- **Location:** Carthage, IL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.480834, -91.068336
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** AIR TRACTOR INC
- **Model:** AT-502
- **Registration:** N9185G
- **FAR Part:** 137
- **Engines:** —
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The airplane’s inability to climb out of ground effect, which resulted from the pilot using a lower power setting than needed for takeoff due to the mechanic’s installation of the wrong engine torque gauge.

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