Air Tractor AT-502 accidents
The NTSB database holds 107 accidents and incidents involving the Air Tractor AT-502, recorded between 1988 to 2026. 16 of them were fatal (15%), and 15 people died.
The deadliest year was 2016, with 2 deaths.
Most of these records are from United States, Australia and Guatemala.
6 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.
107
Records
16
Fatal
15
Deaths
15%
Share fatal
1988 to 2026
Period
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101 of 107 have coordinates
By decade
All 107 records by number of deaths, then by date
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jun 2025 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Grady, Arkansas, United States | Farm Brothers Flyers A LLC | Fatal | 1 |
| 18 Jun 2024 | Air Tractor AT-502 | West Wyalong, Australia | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 2 Aug 2022 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Cheneyville, Louisiana, United States | McCaleb's Flying Service | Fatal | 1 |
| 8 Apr 2020 | Air Tractor AT 502 | Pecan Gap, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 9 Apr 2019 | Air Tractor AT 502 | Harlingen, Texas, United States | Rowland Dusters | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 May 2016 | Air Tractor AT 502 | West, Texas, United States | Gerik Ag LLC | Fatal | 1 |
| 18 Apr 2016 | Air Tractor AT 502 | Kilbourne, Louisiana, United States | Pioneer Flying Service Inc | Fatal | 1 |
| 3 Oct 2009 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Narrogin, Australia, Australia | Agricair Pty Limited | Fatal | 1 |
| 5 Aug 2006 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Chowchilla, California, United States | Thiel Air Care, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Sep 2000 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Lariat, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 12 Jul 1999 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Shelley, Idaho, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 19 Mar 1998 | Air Tractor AT-502 | McGehee, Arkansas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 21 Sep 1995 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Lorida, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Apr 1994 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Hughes, Arkansas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 26 Jun 1993 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Petronila, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 1 Mar 2026 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Larose, Louisiana, United States | Old River Applicators LLC | No injuries | - |
| 5 Nov 2025 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Gueydan, Louisiana, United States | Coco Aviation LLC | Serious injuries | - |
| 10 Aug 2025 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Lawrenceville, Illinois, United States | Klein Flying Services | Minor injuries | - |
| 5 Jun 2025 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Gibson, Arkansas, United States | Over and Under Flying Service | Serious injuries | - |
| 19 May 2024 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Covert, Kansas, United States | TRI Rotor Spray & Chemical | No injuries | - |
| 10 Feb 2024 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Bourke, Australia | - | Unknown | - |
| 15 Aug 2023 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Great Bend, North Dakota, United States | Dakota Air Spray | No injuries | - |
| 2 Aug 2023 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Halstad, Minnesota, United States | Airborne Custom Spraying | No injuries | - |
| 18 Jun 2023 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Sturgis, South Dakota, United States | Ascend AG Inc | No injuries | - |
| 31 Jan 2023 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Puerto Barrios, Guatemala | - | Unknown | - |
| 1 Aug 2022 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Washington, Louisiana, United States | Crosswind Aviation LLC | No injuries | - |
| 21 Jul 2022 | Air Tractor AT-502 | East Grand Forks, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Aug 2021 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Wooster, Ohio, United States | Carlson Production Services LLC | Serious injuries | - |
| 9 Jan 2021 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Cushing, Oklahoma, United States | Skyler Blue LLC | No injuries | - |
| 22 Oct 2019 | Air Tractor AT 502 | Lamesa, Texas, United States | Plains Aerial Applicators Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 2019 | Air Tractor AT 502 | Welsh, Louisiana, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 2019 | Air Tractor AT 502 | Stanton, Texas, United States | Aurora Cooperative Elevator | No injuries | - |
| 28 Nov 2018 | Air Tractor AT 502 | Americus, Georgia, United States | Souther Field Aviation Inc | No injuries | - |
| 10 Jul 2018 | Air Tractor AT 502 | De Land, Illinois, United States | Olsem Aerial Application Services Llc | No injuries | - |
| 15 Sep 2017 | Air Tractor AT 502 | Union City, Tennessee, United States | Londe Air LLC | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jul 2017 | Air Tractor AT 502 | Edna, Texas, United States | Coastal Flying Service Inc | No injuries | - |
| 22 Jun 2017 | Air Tractor AT 502 | Portales, New Mexico, United States | King AG Aviation Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 4 May 2017 | Air Tractor AT 502 | Tahoka, Texas, United States | Plains Aerial Applications | Minor injuries | - |
| 18 Oct 2016 | Air Tractor AT 502 | Paragould, Arkansas, United States | DKD Flying Service | Minor injuries | - |
| 15 Jun 2016 | Air Tractor AT 502 | Delhi, Louisiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jun 2016 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Ropesville, Texas, United States | T-C Aerial LLC | Serious injuries | - |
| 1 Jun 2016 | Air Tractor AT 502 | Nicolaus, California, United States | FARM AIR Flying Service INC | No injuries | - |
| 8 May 2016 | Air Tractor AT 502 | Oberlin, Kansas, United States | Kelly Sykora | No injuries | - |
| 29 May 2015 | Air Tractor AT 502 | Winnsboro, Louisiana, United States | Precision Air of Franklin LLC | No injuries | - |
| 7 Jul 2014 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Carthage, Illinois, United States | Air Assault LLC | Minor injuries | - |
| 16 Jun 2014 | Air Tractor AT 502 | Dell, Arkansas, United States | Simpson Air Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Oct 2013 | Air Tractor AT 502 | Charleston, Mississippi, United States | SRB Aerial Applicators LLC | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jul 2013 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Shannon, Illinois, United States | Woodley Aerial Spray Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 13 Jun 2013 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Seosan, Republic Of Korea | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Feb 2013 | Air Tractor AT-502 | Forrest City, Arkansas, United States | South Delta Aviation Inc | Minor injuries | - |