# Accident 20020228038699A: Airtrc AT502B, Wisner, LA, February 28, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2002, 14:30 local time
- Place: Wisner, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: G9FG
- Location: 32.1528° N, 91.6983° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1528&lon=-91.6983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6073U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6073U-2007-05-16) (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 PT6A34
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 375 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020228038699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 28, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME AN AIR TRACTOR AT-502-B, N6073U, CRASHED INTO A PLOWED FIELD APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES WEST OF WISNER LOUISIANA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED BY LEWIS FLYING AND MAINTENANCE SERVICE, INC., AND OPERATED BY GOODMAN FLYING SERVICE AT WINNSBORO, LOUISIANA, UNDER TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS, PART 137. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT HAD COMPLETED FERTILIZING A FIELD NEAR EXTENSION LOUISIANA, AND WAS RETURNING TO WINNSBORO LO.

## 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 FTW02LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA086), Feb 28, 2002: Air Tractor AT-502B (N6073U), Extension, LA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A factor was the pilot's impairment due to drugs.

## Other reports on N6073U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19990721046319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990721046319A), Jul 21, 1999: Airtrc AT502B (N6073U), Marvel, AR, No damage. (-23) Aircraft had load of damp fertilizer (approximately 3,800 pounds) when a takeoff was attempted with an outside air temperature of approximately 95…

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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