# Accident 20050118000332A: Airtrc AT502B, Hollister, OK, January 18, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2005, 11:28 local time
- Place: Hollister, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: TN9G
- Location: 34.3444° N, 98.8139° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3444&lon=-98.8139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8526M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8526M-2025-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,475 total, 1,871 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05FA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050118000332A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 18, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:28 CST, AN AIR TRACTOR 502B, N8526M, COLLIDED INFLIGHT WITH AN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE T-37B (AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT NUMBER 66008003) NEAR HOLLISTER, OK. THE COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATED PILOT OF THE AIR TRACTOR RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES; THE TWO AIR FORCE CREW MEMBERS EJECTED FROM THEIR AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED BY THE INFLIGHT COLLISION AND SUBSEQUENT POST CRASH FIRE. THE PILOT OF THE AIR TRACTOR, N8526M, WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR 91 VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (NO FILED OR ACTIVATED FLIGHT PLAN) FROM OLNEY, TX TO HURON, SD. THE AIR FORCE T-37 FLIGHT CREW HAD COMPLETED THEIR TRAINING FLIGHT PROFILE AND WERE RETURNING TO SHEPPARD AFB ON AN ATC ISSUED INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULE CLEARANCE AT 5,000 FEET MSL AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION. NEAREST WEATHER CONDITION REPORTS TAKEN FROM FREDERICK, OK AT 1653UTC INDICATED THE FOLLOWING: WIND DIRECTION 150 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 8, CEILING 5,000 OVERCAST, TEMPERATURE 2 DEGREES C, DEWPOINT -2 DEGREES, ALTIMETER 30.53HG. (-23 AMENDMENT) REVIEW OF AIRMAN'S LOGBOOK AND OBTAINED THE FLIGHT HOURS SH                                                                       OWN IN BLOCK 31. LOGBOOK RECORDS SHOW LAST SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF A FLIGHT REVIEW WAS ON 1/3/2002. LOGBOOK RECORDS WERE OBTAINED FROM NTSB IIC AND FORWARDED TO FAA IIC FOR REVIEW ON 2/14/2005.

## 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 CHI05FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05FA055), Jan 18, 2005: Air Tractor AT-502B (N8526M), Hollister, OK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilots of the AT-502B and the T-37B failed to maintain adequate visual lookout and did not maintain clearance from the other aircraft. Contributing factors included the lack of a transponder and…

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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