Air Tractor AT-802A accident near Benton, LA
On November 14, 2001, an Air Tractor AT-802A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Benton, LA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 14, 2001
- Place
- Benton, LA
- Aircraft
- Air Tractor AT-802A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 32.690°N, 93.740°W
- NTSB ID
- 20011116X02256
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 14, 2001, at 0930 central standard time, an Air Tractor AT-802A agricultural airplane, N202AT, was destroyed when it impacted trees while on final approach to land near Benton, Louisiana. The airplane was registered to and operated by Aeronautical Technologies Inc., of Clovis, New Mexico. The commercial pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, sustained fatal injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 aerial application flight. The local flight originated from the LJ Earnest Airport, Benton, Louisiana, at 0910. According to another pilot who was spraying the same fields as the accident airplane, they waited for fog to lift in the morning and began their spraying. He stated that they dispersed their initial load and were returning to the airstrip to reload. The pilot added that when he was on short final he heard the pilot of N202AT report that he was eight miles out and inbound for landing. The pilot reloaded and flew back to the spraying area and after a little while, noticed that N202AT had not returned to the spray area. He inquired to the ground crew if they had seen N202AT. The ground crew reported that they had not seen nor heard from N202AT since his last radio call inbound. The other pilot began to search for N202AT and found the aircraft in a swampy area 300 yards from the approach end of the airstrip. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The non-instrument rated commercial pilot held an airplane single-engine land rating with the following limitation, "Carrying pa
Probable cause
in-flight collision with trees while on final approach to land for an undetermined reason.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
