Air Tractor AT502B N6037N

Summary

On 12 October 1998 at about 11:10 local time, a Air Tractor AT502B registered N6037N was involved in an accident near Bainbridge, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 October 1998 at 11:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Bainbridge, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Bainbridge (BGE)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Air Tractor AT502B

Registration

N6037N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL99LA009

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot's inadequate visual lookout which resulted in a collision with an irrigation unit located in the field.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that he was starting his day spraying the same field he had sprayed the afternoon before, and did not expect to find the irrigation system parked in line with the power lines that separated the field. The system is always parked out into the field toward the south, so that the pilot could work under the power lines. A witness that was approximately 100 yards from the collision, was watching the Ag airplane, stated that the irrigation system was used that night and was moved to the north side of the field and oriented east-west. It was parked along and parallel to the power lines. The airplane exited the north side of the field and turned 180 degrees to start spray pattern from the north. The pilot was spraying at 10 feet off the operation when the airplane collided with a standing irrigation system located on the same field, and subsequently hit the ground and burst into flames. No mechanical problems with the airplane were reported by the pilot.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.