# Accident 20060415007119A: Airtrc AT602, Dekalb, MS, April 15, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2006, 22:17 local time
- Place: Dekalb, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: HMPG
- Location: 32.8133° N, 88.7064° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8133&lon=-88.7064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5003E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5003E-2008-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-602 (registry code 0390309, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 series (registry code 52118, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-66-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT602
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060415007119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AFTER DISTRIBUTING A LOAD OF FERTILIZER OVER PINE TREES BACK TO THE LOAD IN AREA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING ON AN APPROXIMATE 110 DEGREE HEADING. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED NORMAL CRUISE FLIGHT AND CRASHED ON A HILL SIDE IN AN AREA OF SMALL PINE TREES. CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

## 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 DFW06LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA103), Apr 15, 2006: Air Tractor AT-602 (N5003E), Meridian, MS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from trees. Contributing factors were the drug impairment and low maneuvering altitude.

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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