# Accident 19990712008819A: Airtrc AT502, Idaho Falls, ID, July 12, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1999, 10:45 local time
- Place: Idaho Falls, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 43.3394° N, 112.0707° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3394&lon=-112.0707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90807, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90807-1999-10-25) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA99LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990712008819A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES DURING AERIAL APPLICATION, THE PILOT/SOLE OCCUPANT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED. (-23)WHILE SPRAYING A POTATO FIELD, THE PILOT COLLIDED WITH SOME SOME TREES AND SUBSEQUENTLY LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND IN A NOSE DOWN INVERTED STEEP ANGLE ATTITUDE.

## 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 SEA99LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA114), Jul 12, 1999: Air Tractor AT-502 (N90807), Shelley, ID, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain adequate clearance with obstacles. A contributing factor were the trees.

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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