# Accident 20020820024309A: Airtrc AT502B, Rosenberg, TX, August 20, 2002 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 20, 2002, 20:35 local time - Place: Rosenberg, TX - Airport: Lane Airpark - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Operator: KAZG - Location: 29.5244° N, 95.7753° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5244&lon=-95.7753&mi=10 - Aircraft: N628LA (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502B - Reported engine: PWA PT6A34AG - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 1 - Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA238) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020820024309A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) ON LANDING APPROXIMATELY MID STRIP PILOT FELT A GENTLE YET SHARP "THUD" PILOT REPORTED HE SAW AN OBJECT COME FROM UNDER HIS RIGHT WING. PILOT CALLED HIS BASE OPERATIONS REQUESTING SOME ONE COME OUT TO SEE WHAT THIS WAS PERSONNEL FOUND A FEMALE UNCONSCIOUS AND CALLED 911 MEDICAL AID ARRIVED AND THE PERSON WAS FLOWN TO HERMANN HOSPITAL, HOUSTON. FEMALE DIED FROM INJURIES. THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT DUSK, THE HUSBAND OF THE FEMALE WORKS AND LIVES ON LOCATION SHE IS KNOWN TO TAKE WALKS IN THE MORNING AND EVENINGS AROUND THE RUNWAY. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED PILOT AND COMPANY PRESIDENT STATEMENTS. (.19) ON AUGUST 20, 2002, APPROXIMATELY 2015 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-502B SINGLE-ENGINE AGRICULTURAL AIRPLANE, N628LA, WAS NOT DAMAGED WHEN THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A PEDESTRIAN ON THE GRASS AIRSTRIP DURING LANDING ROLLOUT AT THE LANE AIRPARK AIRPORT, ROSENBURG, TEXAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS NOT INJURED, AND THE PEDESTRIAN SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY LANE AVIATION, INC., OF ROSENBURG. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGU LATIONS PART 137 AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED THE LANE AIRPARK AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 1900. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT/OPERATOR AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT (NTSB FORM 6120.1/2), THE PILOT STATED THAT HE COMPLETED THE FINAL SPRAY RUN FOR THE DAY AND CONTACTED THE LANE AVIATION OFFICE VIA RADIO THAT HE INTENDED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 31. RUNWAY 13/31 IS A 3,500-FOOT LONG AND 200-FOOT WIDE GRASS AND ASPHALT AIRSTRIP, AND THE ASPHALT SECTION IS 3,500-FEET LONG AND 35-FEET WIDE. WHILE CONCENTRATING ON THE RUNWAY MARKERS, WHICH WERE VISIBLE BY THE AIRPLANE LANDING LIGHTS, THE PILOT EXECUTED A THREE-POINT LANDING ON THE GRASS SECTION OF THE RUNWAY. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT, THE PILOT FELT A "THUD," AND THEN SAW AN OBJECT COME OUT FROM UNDER THE RIGHT WING. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE PEDESTRIAN WAS WEARING "DARK CLOTHING" AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR, THE PEDESTRIAN WHO WAS STRUCK BY THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRPLANE, OCCASIONALLY TOOK WALKS DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING HOURS ON THE TAXIWAY OF THE AIRSTRIP. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY, SUNSET FOR RICHMOND, TEXAS, WHICH IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 3 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, OCCURRED AT 1959. (.4) ON AUGUST 20, 2002, APPROXIMATELY 2015 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-502B SINGLE-ENGINE AGRICULTURAL AIRPLANE, N628LA, WAS NOT DAMAGED WHEN THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A PEDESTRIAN ON THE GRASS AIRSTRIP DURING LANDING ROLLOUT AT THE LANE AIRPARK AIRPORT, ROSENBURG, TEXAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS NOT INJURED, AND THE PEDESTRIAN SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY LANE AVIATION, INC., OF ROSENBURG. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 137 AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED THE LANE AIRPARK AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 1900. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT/OPERATOR AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT (NTSB FORM 6120.1/2), THE PILOT STATED THAT HE COMPLETED THE FINAL SPRAY RUN FOR THE DAY AND CONTACTED THE LANE AVIATION OFFICE VIA RADIO THAT HE INTENDED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 31. RUNWAY 13/31 IS A 3,500-FOOT LONG AND 200-FOOT WIDE GRASS AND ASPHALT AIRSTRIP, AND THE ASPHALT SECTION IS 3,500-FEET LONG AND 35-FEET WIDE. WHILE CONCENTRATING ON THE RUNWAY MA RKERS, WHICH WERE VISIBLE BY THE AIRPLANE LANDING LIGHTS, THE PILOT EXECUTED A THREE-POINT LANDING ON THE GRASS SECTION OF THE RUNWAY. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT, THE PILOT FELT A "THUD," AND THEN SAW AN OBJECT COME OUT FROM UNDER THE RIGHT WING. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE PEDESTRIAN WAS WEARING "DARK CLOTHING" AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR, THE PEDESTRIAN WHO WAS STRUCK BY THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRPLANE, OCCASIONALLY TOOK WALKS DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING HOURS ON THE TAXIWAY OF THE AIRSTRIP. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY, SUNSET FOR RICHMOND, TEXAS, WHICH IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 3 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, OCCURRED AT 1959. ## 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 FTW02LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA238), Aug 21, 2002: Air Tractor AT-502B (N628LA), Rosenburg, TX, minor damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of the pedestrian to perform a visual lookout while walking on the runway which resulted in a on-ground collision with the airplane. 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.