Air Tractor AT802 accident near Cuba, KY
On July 13, 2024, an Air Tractor AT802 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Cuba, KY. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 13, 2024
- Place
- Cuba, KY
- Aircraft
- Air Tractor AT802 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 36.585°N, 88.687°W
- NTSB ID
- 20240713194684
Official records · ERA24FA304
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On July 13, 2024, at 1527 central daylight time, an Air Tractor AT-802A, N2003Y, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Cuba, Kentucky. The airline transport pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 aerial application flight. Before the accident flight, the airplane was loaded with agriculture chemicals and fueled at the owner’s operating base in Murray, Kentucky, about 25 miles east of the accident site. Aerial application data was obtained from the company’s cloud-based service that used the AgPilotX application. The flight track data showed that the pilot approached the property from the southeast and began spraying the western section of the field (A side). The data did not include an altitude parameter; however, the subsequent increases and decreases in ground speed data implied a climb or a descent without absolute altitudes. The pilot’s first and brief application pass on the field was conducted at 169 kts (all speeds reference the airplane’s ground speed) on a heading of 360°. After that pass, he made a climbing right turn followed by an approach to the eastern side of the field (C side), which he overflew at 150 kts on a heading of about 180°. After the second application, the pilot made a climbing right turn at 104 kts and then established an approach for another application on the A side of the field, on a heading of 360° and 146 kts. According to the operator, the first spray must have been a partial spray based on the second pass in the same location to re-apply product.
Probable cause
Impact 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.
