# Accident 19970320003559A: Airtrc AT502, Paragould, AR, March 20, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1997, 12:00 local time
- Place: Paragould, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: MQUG
- Location: 36.0584° N, 90.4973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Paragould, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0584&lon=-90.4973&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7319Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7319Y-1998-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970320003559A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW97LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA134), Mar 20, 1997: Air Tractor AT-502 (N7319Y), Paragould, AR, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from trees resulting in jammed control surfaces. A factor was that aircraft control was not possible by the pilot.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.