ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 280965
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| Date: | Saturday 30 July 2022 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Air Tractor 502XP |
| Owner/operator: | Midwest Custom Ag Aviation |
| Registration: | N501MW |
| MSN: | 502A-3232 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2020 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Ute, IA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Mapleton-James G. Whiting Memorial Field, IA (KMEY) |
| Mapleton-James G. Whiting Memorial Field, IA (KMEY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On July 30, 2022, about 1300 central daylight time, an Air Tractor AT-502A airplane, N501MW, was destroyed when was involved in an accident near Ute, Iowa. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 as an aerial application flight.
While conducting an aerial application flight, the airplane’s left wing contacted a power line on the western edge of the field. The airplane subsequently impacted the ground nose-low and a postimpact fire ensued. Examination of the wreckage did not reveal any anomalies which would have precluded normal operation of the airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s inflight collision with a power line during aerial application.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.ktiv.com/2022/07/31/monona-county-iowa-sheriffs-confirms-pilot-killed-plane-crash/
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105624
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=501MW
https://airtractor.com/aircraft/502xp/
Location
Images:
Photos: NTSB
Media:
NTSB investigating the July 30, crash of an Air Tractor AT-502A aircraft near Ute, Iowa.
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) July 30, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jul-2022 02:02 | Geno | Added |
| 31-Jul-2022 05:25 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 31-Jul-2022 13:00 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2022 13:33 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code] |
| 31-Jul-2022 17:06 | Captain Adam | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2022 17:18 | AgOps | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 01-Aug-2022 01:22 | johnwg | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2022 08:55 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2022 20:45 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 29-Feb-2024 11:08 | Captain Adam | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, Photo] |
| 29-Feb-2024 11:09 | Captain Adam | Updated [Photo] |
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