Air Tractor AT-502B N61353
12 September 2003 · Farwell, Texas, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 12 September 2003 at about 15:00 local time, a Air Tractor AT-502B registered N61353 was involved in an accident near Farwell, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 15:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Farwell, Texas, United States
- Coordinates
- 34.4308, -103.0792
- Aircraft
- Air Tractor AT-502B
- Registration
- N61353
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 137: Agricultural
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial Application
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Clovis → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- NTSB number
- FTW03LA223
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
While maneuvering during an aerial application flight, the airplane pitched up into a nose high "almost vertical" attitude, stalled, and impacted the terrain. A witness stated, "the airplane was executing maneuvers like that of an air show, when the pilot pulls [the airplane] straight up and comes straight down." No anomalies were noted with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation prior to impact.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Air Tractor AT-502B accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Aug 2003 | Air Tractor AT-502B | Westside, Iowa, United States | Westerlin and Harrington Flying SER | Minor injuries | - |
| 19 May 2003 | Air Tractor AT-502B | Edna, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 Feb 2003 | Air Tractor AT-502B | Holly Grove, Arkansas, United States | Hill Flying Service Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 28 Apr 2003 | Air Tractor AT-502B | Pond Creek, Oklahoma, United States | Homestead Farms Flying Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 20 Aug 2002 | Air Tractor AT-502B | Rigby, Idaho, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Aug 2002 | Air Tractor AT-502B | Rosenburg, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2003 | Piper PA-18A-150 | Roanoke, Texas, United States | Marcair | Minor injuries | - |
| 25 Aug 2003 | Robinson R22 BETA | Ozona, Texas, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 18 Nov 2003 | Cessna 550 | Mineral Wells, Texas, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 12 Jun 2003 | Robinson R22 BETA | Houston, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 26 Apr 2003 | Boeing A75N1 | Houston, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jun 2003 | Apex CAP 10B | Gladewater, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |