ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264056
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 June 2021 |
| Time: | 16:32 |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-502B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6088K |
| MSN: | 502B-0281 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 11858 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PT6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Paragould, AR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Paragould, AR |
| Paragould, AR | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On June 15, 2021, at 1632 central daylight time, an Air Tractor AT 502B airplane, N6088K, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Paragould, Arkansas. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 agricultural flight.
A witness reported that he observed the airplane about 1 mile away flying directly toward him. He stated that it appeared to be straight and level, about treetop height. Without warning, he observed a small puff of white smoke; the airplane immediately nosed down and impacted the ground. A post-crash fire ensued. The witness did not hear any abnormal noises with the airplane or engine, nor did he observe any wildlife in the area. He stated that “everything appeared normal until it wasn’t.
The airplane came to rest upright on the edge of a field. The nose of the airplane was embedded into the dirt at about a 45° angle and only one propeller blade was visible. The forward fuselage, cockpit, inboard right and left wings, and the aft fuselage exhibited extensive thermal damage. A postaccident airframe and engine examination did not reveal any anomalies with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operations. The engine displayed signatures of rotation, and control continuity was established throughout.
Another pilot reported that, on the day of the accident, he was working with the accident pilot from the same grass strip. Throughout the day they dispersed about 28 loads of fertilizer; the accident pilot did not report any anomalies with the airplane during these flights
Probable Cause: An inflight loss of control and subsequent impact with terrain during an aerial application flight for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.kait8.com/2021/06/15/one-dead-crop-duster-crash/
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N6088K
Location
Images:
Photos: NTSB
Media:
NTSB is investigating the June 15, 2021, crash of an Air Tractor AT502 near Paragould, Arkansas. An NTSB investigator is expected to arrive on scene Wednesday.
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) June 16, 2021
Greene County First Responders are on the scene of a crop duster down. Sheriff Steve Franks confirmed one person dead.
— Monae Stevens KAIT (@monaestevens_tv) June 15, 2021
He added the plane was going south spraying a field when he attempted to ascend and the plane went back down. pic.twitter.com/GFmP6pAYjf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jun-2021 04:41 | Geno | Added |
| 16-Jun-2021 04:48 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2021 04:51 | Geno | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2021 07:16 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 16-Jun-2021 08:01 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2021 12:31 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2021 13:21 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2021 18:59 | RobertMB | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2021 15:20 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative] |
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