# Accident 19980116000379A: Airtrc AT502B, Eudora, AR, January 16, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1998, 14:50 local time
- Place: Eudora, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: J92G
- Location: 33.1100° N, 91.2590° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1100&lon=-91.2590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6093U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6093U-2003-05-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A15AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,390 total, 1,970 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980116000379A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS FLYING LOW AND STRUCK TREES AND CRASHED INTO A POND. PILOT SUFFERED FATAL INJ. EUDORA, AR. (.4)WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT MANEUVERING AT ABOUT 1,500 TO 2,500 FEET.  ONE WITNESS REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED AS THOUGH IT WAS GOING TO DO A 'LOOP;' HOWEVER, IT 'STALLED.'  AT ONE POINT IT LOOKED AS THOUGH THE AIRCRAFT WOULD JUST ROLL OUT AND CONTINUE FLYING, BUT THE 'RIGHT WING APPEARED TO STALL' AND THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED INTO 'AN INVERTED FLAT SPIN.'  AT ABOUT 200 TO 300 FEET AGL, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER TO A MORE VERTICAL POSITION AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT WENT BEHIND SOME TREES.  A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE 'ENGINE NEVER STOPPED RUNNING.'  NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND WITH THE AIRFRAME OR ENGINE THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED NORMAL OPERATION.                  (-23) AIR TRACTOR, AT-502B, N6093U, DEPARTED HENSLEY FLYING SERVICE STRIP, NEAR EUDORA, ARKANSAS, ON A FAR 91 FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 HOURS LOCAL TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DOING MANEUVERS IN THE AREA; WHILE EXECUTING MANEUVERS, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A FLAT SPIN, WENT INVERTED, AND IMPACTED INTO A STOCK POND APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SOUTH OF EUDORA, AR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS                                                   DESTROYED, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 FTW98FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA100), Jan 16, 1998: Air Tractor 502B (N6093U), Eudora, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while attempting an aerobatic manuever

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.

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