Air Tractor AT502 N501MW
30 July 2022 · Ute, Iowa, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 30 July 2022 at about 18:00 local time, a Air Tractor AT502 registered N501MW, operated by Midwest Custom Ag Aviation, was involved in an accident near Ute, Iowa, 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 18:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Ute, Iowa, United States
- Coordinates
- 42.0213, -95.7105
- Aircraft
- Air Tractor AT502
- Registration
- N501MW
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2020
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Midwest Custom Ag Aviation
- Operating rule
- Part 137: Agricultural
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial Application
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Mapleton → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN22FA347
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The pilot’s inflight collision with a power line during aerial application.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
While conducting an aerial application flight, the airplane’s left wing contacted a power line on the western edge of the field. The airplane subsequently impacted the ground nose-low and a postimpact fire ensued. Examination of the wreckage did not reveal any anomalies which would have precluded normal operation of the airplane.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Sep 2022 | Air Tractor AT502 | Camrose, Canada | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 19 Sep 2022 | Air Tractor AT502 | Chinchilla, Australia | - | Fatal | 1 |
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| 22 Dec 2022 | Air Tractor AT502 | Brasnorte, Brazil | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Jul 2022 | Air Tractor AT502 | Tiquisate, Guatemala | - | Fatal | 1 |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Aug 2022 | Bell 206B | Arcadia, Iowa, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 28 Sep 2022 | Cessna 172M | Monticello, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 30 Jul 2022 | Arbc Inc Dba Lindstrand 150A | Indianola, Iowa, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
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| 4 Aug 2022 | Ultramagic Sa M56C | Indianola, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |