# Accident 20071011826489A: Airtrc AT602, Columbia, LA, October 11, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2007, 16:45 local time
- Place: Columbia, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: H5TG
- Location: 32.1222° N, 92.0528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1222&lon=-92.0528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8521L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8521L-2011-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-602 (registry code 0390309, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT602
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,670 total, 1,676 in this make and model, 600 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071011826489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURAL SPRAYING THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A REMOTE AREA ON A DIRT ROAD 10 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA, LA. WHILE LANDING, THE RIGHT WING STRUCK VEGETATION GROWING ON THE SIDE OF THE DIRT ROAD CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN AND CARTWHEEL CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE SOLE OCCUPANT (PILOT) ON BOARD WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 DFW08CA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA009), Oct 11, 2007: Air Tractor AT-602 (N8521L), Columbia, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area. Contributing factors were the tall vegetation on the sides of the airstrip and the short and confined landing area.

## Other reports on N8521L (1)

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

- [Accident 20100725043279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100725043279A), Jul 25, 2010: Air Tractor AT-602 (N8521L), Galesburg, IL, Destroyed. Pilot states that he had been in the Air for approximately one hour and had just finished spraying a field and his hopper was empty. He stated that he departed…

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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