Air Tractor Inc AT 602 accident near Wilmot, AR
On August 1, 2015, an Air Tractor Inc AT 602 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Wilmot, AR. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 1, 2015
- Place
- Wilmot, AR
- Aircraft
- Air Tractor Inc AT 602 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 33.082°N, 91.461°W
- NTSB ID
- 20150801X55314
Official records · CEN15FA331
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn August 1, 2015, about 0700 central daylight time, an Air Tractor AT-602 airplane, N6007N, impacted terrain following a loss of control near Wilmot, Arkansas. The commercial pilot was fatally injured, and the airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was registered to and operated by the Baylee Company under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 . Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the aerial application positioning flight that originated at Lake Village Municipal Airport (M32), Lake Village, Arkansas, about 0646, and was en route to a grass airstrip 6 nautical miles (nm) east of Wilmot. GPS data extracted from an onboard Hemisphere Intellistar CPU aerial guidance system showed that the airplane departed M32, climbed to 1,000 ft mean sea level (msl), and proceeded south. About 4 minutes into the flight, the airplane turned to the southwest and began a gradual descent to 500 ft where it leveled off. About 4 minutes later, the airplane began a rapid climb to 1,000 ft msl and entered a 270° left turn toward the northwest. The airplane's altitude then decreased and then began to increase again as the airplane continued to turn left. The airplane then entered a rapid descent. The recording ended at 0654:24 with the airplane at 520 ft msl, in a descent and turning toward the south at a groundspeed of 150 knots. At 0938, one of the operator's crewmembers contacted the county sheriff's department and reported that the airplane had not arrived at the grass airstrip where chemical loading operations were to take pl
Probable cause
The pilot's inability to maintain control of the airplane as a result of incapacitation by drug effects or an acute cardiac event.
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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.
