NTSB Factual Report

On June 28, 2018, about 2000 central daylight time, an Air Tractor 502B, N502S, was destroyed when it impacted vegetation and terrain following a partial loss of engine power during takeoff from a private airstrip near Tappen, North Dakota. The pilot was not injured. The aircraft was registered to and operated by Ross Seed Company, Incorporated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 as an aerial application flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which was not on a flight plan The local flight was originating at the time of the accident.