Air Tractor AT602 N42590

Summary

On 11 July 2010 at about 12:00 local time, a Air Tractor AT602 registered N42590 was involved in an accident near Lake Village, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 July 2010 at 12:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Lake Village, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

33.3458, -91.3156

Aircraft

Air Tractor AT602

Registration

N42590

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lake Village → Lake Village

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN10CA391

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the wires during the aerial application pass.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to a statement from the pilot, he was conducting an aerial application pass when the airplane struck power lines along his route of flight. The pilot performed a forced landing to an open field shortly thereafter. According to the Federal Aviation Administration inspector who traveled to the accident site the fuselage was buckled between the cabin and the empennage, the upper portion of the rudder had separated from the vertical stabilizer, and the outboard portion of the right wing was crushed, torn, and bent aft. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.