Air Tractor AT-802A accident near Lindsay, NE
On August 8, 2010, an Air Tractor AT-802A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lindsay, NE. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 8, 2010
- Place
- Lindsay, NE
- Aircraft
- Air Tractor AT-802A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.618°N, 97.619°W
- NTSB ID
- 20100808X54251
Official records · CEN10LA463
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On August 8, 2010, at 1305 central daylight time, an Air Tractor AT-802A, N802BG, registered to and operated by Alan East Aviation, LLC, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain while making aerial application maneuvers near Lindsay, Nebraska. The pilot, the sole occupant on board the airplane, was fatally injured. The airplane was owned and operated by Alan East Aviation, LLC, Wichita Falls, Texas. The aerial application flight was being conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 without a flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The local flight originated from Norfolk, Nebraska, approximately 1150. A farmer saw the airplane spraying fungicide on a 200-acre corn field near Lindsay, about 22 miles southwest of Norfolk. Then he saw the airplane spraying another field about 1 mile east of the previous field. The witness saw the airplane make three spray passes from north to south around 1245. He did not witness the accident. When notified, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector from the Lincoln Flight Standards District Office and representatives from Air Tractor and Pratt and Whitney-Canada responded to the accident site. According to the FAA inspector, the main body of wreckage was located between two corn fields approximately 1/2-mile north of the field that was being sprayed. The airplane had impacted the ground at a high nose-down impact angle. The engine and propeller were located on a dirt road just south of the wreckage. There was evidence of a post-impact fire. The flaps
Probable cause
The loss of airplane control for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation and evidence was insufficient to definitively establish whether the pilot was impaired or incapacitated.
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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.
