Air Tractor Inc AT 602 accident near Hollis, OK
On April 28, 2017, an Air Tractor Inc AT 602 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Hollis, OK. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- April 28, 2017
- Place
- Hollis, OK
- Aircraft
- Air Tractor Inc AT 602 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 34.700°N, 99.909°W
- NTSB ID
- 20170501X81827
Official records · CEN17FA170
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn April 28, 2017, about 1300 central daylight time, an Air Tractor AT-602 airplane, N604RH, impacted terrain while on final approach for runway 35 at the Hollis Municipal Airport (O35), Hollis, Oklahoma. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was registered to the pilot and operated by Gray Ag Air as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 aerial application flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight was not operated on a flight plan. The local flight originated from O35 about 1200. According to a colleague, the pilot was returning from his third or fourth application flight of the day when the accident occurred. The pilot had treated a field about 4 miles northwest of the airport. A witness working near the airport reported hearing the airplane. He subsequently looked up and observed the airplane approaching the airport. Nothing looked unusual about the flight path, attitude, or appearance of the airplane at that time. However, he noted that an unusual noise came from the airplane. He was unsure of the exact nature of the noise but thought that it was either associated with the engine or with the propeller changing pitch. Shortly afterward he heard a loud explosion. Ground-based video footage was recovered from a surveillance camera located about 1.65 miles southwest of the accident site. Due to the location and resolution of the camera, specific details of the airplane were not visible. The airplane appeared as a black dot as it approached runway 35 from
Probable cause
An impact with terrain during final approach for reasons that could not be determined because no evidence of an in-flight failure or malfunction was observed.
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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.
