Air Tractor Inc AT-602 accident near Glendora, MS
On August 19, 2022, an Air Tractor Inc AT-602 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Glendora, MS. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 19, 2022
- Place
- Glendora, MS
- Aircraft
- Air Tractor Inc AT-602 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 33.841°N, 90.302°W
- NTSB ID
- 20220819105770
Official records · ERA22FA376
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn August 19, 2022, about 1005 central daylight time, an Air Tractor AT-602, N602PB, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Glendora, Mississippi. The commercial pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 aerial application flight. According to the operator’s son, the pilot had planned for three flights to spray the target field. According to onboard avionics with non-volatile memory, the airplane departed the private airstrip for the first flight at 0912. The airplane flew to the field to be sprayed, which was about 14 miles from the departure airport, performed the aerial application, and then returned to the airport at 0959. Then, at 1002, the airplane departed the private airstrip for the second flight. The airplane climbed to about 450 ft msl and flew about 5.6 miles south until the data stopped recording about 1,650 ft south of the accident location. In the final 30 seconds of data the airplane climbed from 400 ft to about 575 ft msl and slowed from 116 knots to 102 knots. Figure 1. A view of the airplane flight track. The two yellow lines on the left are the first flight to the spray field. The yellow flight track on the far right is the accident flight track, which stops near the blue airplane indicating the accident site. WRECKAGE AND IMPACT INFORMATIONThe airplane came to rest upright in a cornfield, at an elevation of 140 ft, with the wreckage oriented on a 230° heading. All major components of the airplane were located in the vicinity of the main wreckage. T
Probable cause
The collision with terrain for reasons that could not be determined.
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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.
