19970320003559A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Airtrc AT-502 · Paragould, AR · March 20, 1997

Date
March 20, 1997 · 12:00 local
Place
Paragould, AR
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
MQUG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7319Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW97LA134
Reported as
Airtrc AT502
Fatal injuries
0

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aerial application, crashed. (-23) while either entering or exiting farm field, pilot lost control of aircraft (unknown reason) and crashed into flat terrain making a large crater.

As the FAA filed it

AERIAL APPLICATION, CRASHED. (-23) WHILE EITHER ENTERING OR EXITING FARM FIELD, PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT (UNKNOWN REASON) AND CRASHED INTO FLAT TERRAIN MAKING A LARGE CRATER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.