ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 281040
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 August 2022 |
| Time: | 11:45 |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-502 |
| Owner/operator: | Mowata Farms LLC |
| Registration: | N9184Q |
| MSN: | 502-0209 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13036 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rapides Parish near Cheneyville, LA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Cheneyville, LA |
| Cheneyville, LA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On August 2, 2022, about 1145 CDT, an Air Tractor AT-502, N9184Q, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Cheneyville, Louisiana. The commercial pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 aerial application flight.
The operator reported that the pilot was scheduled that day to disperse 7 loads of urea fertilizer. The first job was dispersing 5 loads covering 57 acres, and the second job was dispersing 2 loads to trim the edges of an adjacent 35-acre field. The pilot had completed the first job and was on his last load of the second job at the time of the accident. Company loading personnel were not present and did not witness the accident.
One witness reported that he was in a commercial vehicle as a passenger with the windows up. Their vehicle was driving in a northbound direction on I-49 and had just exited the highway at exit 56, which was the off ramp that the airplane impacted. He saw the airplane flying between 50 and 100 ft above ground level from west to east, flying over the south bound lanes of I-49, then flew over the north bound lanes of I-49. He noted the airplane banked left, performed a barrel roll to the left and briefly at the start he noted a puff of white smoke. The airplane then nosed down and impacted the ground. He reported the smoke did not continue to ground contact. The driver parked the truck, the witness grabbed his phone, called 911, and he went to the accident site.
Another witness reported seeing the airplane flying over I-49 at mile marker 56. She reported, “…the [airplane] went belly up and then rolled to head straight into the ground.” The wreckage was retained for further examination.
Sources:
https://www.kalb.com/2022/08/02/rpso-responding-small-plane-crash-near-cheneyville/
https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/crime_police/article_5eab361c-1293-11ed-bb41-0fc4baae212d.html
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9184q
NTSB
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Media:
NTSB is investigating the August 2, 2022, crash of an Air Tractor AT-502 near Cheneyville, Louisiana.
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) August 2, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Aug-2022 19:28 | Geno | Added |
| 02-Aug-2022 21:06 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, Damage] |
| 03-Aug-2022 00:08 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
| 03-Aug-2022 12:01 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 18-Aug-2022 23:09 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2022 06:14 | AgOps | Updated [Category] |
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