# Accident 20030408015171A: Airtrc AT502B, Belle Grade, FL, April 8, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2003, 07:30 local time
- Place: Belle Grade, FL
- Airport: Belle Glade State/Marpt/Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: YGXG
- Location: 26.7008° N, 80.6622° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7008&lon=-80.6622&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6037H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6037H-2005-02-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502B
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030408015171A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 4/8/03, ABOUT 7:30 LOCAL TIME, AIR TRACTOR AT-502B, N6037H PILOTED BY LARRY L. PEGG, COMM. PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 261118565, COLLIDED ON THE RUNWAY WITH AT-502, N7318K, PILOTED BY LUIS L. LUIS, COMM. CERTIFICATE NO. 1539033, AT BELLE GLADE AIRPORT (X10), BELLE GLADE, FLORIDA. WITNESS'S STATEMENT INDICATES THAT N7318K, HAD LANDED EARLIER ON RUNWAY 27 AND WAS ROLLING OUT, WHEN N6037H STARTED THE TAKE OFF ROLL, HEADING EAST, WHEN COLLISION TOOK PLACE. BOTH AIRPLANES WERE DESTROYED IN THE RESULTING POST CRASH FIRE. THE PILOT OF N7318K WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE SURVIVING PILOT, LARRY PEGG, STATED TO BELLE GLADE POLICE AND FAA INVESTIGATORS. HE DID NOT SEE THE LANDING AIRCRAFT, N7318K, ON THE RUNWAY BECAUSE THE BRIGHT MORNING SUN BLINDED HIM. GLADES AG. SERVICE, INC., OPERATED BOTH OF THESE AIRPLANES UNDER FAA OPERATING CERTIFICATE NO. YGXG934T.

## 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 MIA03LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA088), Apr 8, 2003: Air Tractor 502B (N6037H), Belle Glade, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to use on-board communication radios to advise takeoff and landing intentions, the reduction of visibility of the pilot-in-command of N6037H due to sun glare during…

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.