ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240353
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| Date: | Friday 21 August 2020 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-802A |
| Owner/operator: | Tesk Aviation LLC |
| Registration: | N759FA |
| MSN: | 802A-0759 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2018 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 839 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W PT6A-65AG |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Del, AR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Dell, AR |
| Dell, AR | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot departed on his fourth agricultural flight of the day to apply a fungicide agent to the crop. Two witnesses, who saw the airplane during the flight, indicated that the airplane made a steep turn, then lost altitude.
Postaccident examination of the accident site revealed, the airplane impacted terrain in a steep attitude. The front of the airplane was heavily damaged, the wings were accordioned-crushed along the wingspan, and the engine was embedded in the ground. Examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any preimpact abnormalities that would have contributed to the accident.
Nonvolatile memory was successfully downloaded from the airplane’s engine monitor. A review of the data noted that the accident flight was the 630th session and that no anomalies in the engine parameters were recorded before the end of the recording.
The accident is consistent with an aerodynamic stall following a loss of airspeed while the pilot maneuvered at low altitude.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering at low altitude, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and collision with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.kait8.com/2020/08/21/crop-duster-crash-reported-miss-co/
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=759fa
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N759FA
Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Media:
The NTSB is investigating the crash Friday of an Air Tractor AT-802 airplane in Blytheville, Arkansas.
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) August 21, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2020 01:50 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 22-Aug-2020 03:45 | Geno | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Damage] |
| 22-Aug-2020 03:53 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source] |
| 22-Aug-2020 08:03 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration] |
| 22-Aug-2020 13:20 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2020 12:43 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2020 14:22 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 02-Mar-2021 18:27 | rudy | Updated [[Source]] |
| 07-Jun-2022 21:04 | Captain Adam | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report, Photo] |
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