# Accident 20080415831749A: Airtrc AT602, Fort Carson, CO, April 15, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2008, 18:18 local time
- Place: Fort Carson, CO
- Airport: Butts Aaf (Fort Carson)
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 38.6353° N, 104.8639° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6353&lon=-104.8639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N602AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N602AA-2008-07-01) (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-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT602
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 10,200 total, 140 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08GA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08GA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080415831749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 15, 2008, AT 1818 MST, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-602, REGISTERED TO AERO APPLICATIONS INC, WAS ENGAGED IN FIREFIGHTING SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. THE PILOT/AIRCRAFT WAS MANEUVERING TO DROP FIRE RETARDANT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED, AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WERE DAY VFR WITH BLOWING SMOKE (DUE TO THE FIRE), WINDS WERE GUSTING BETWEEN 25-33 KNOTS AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 DEN08GA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08GA076), Apr 16, 2008: Air Tractor AT-602 (N602AA), Fort Carson, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control following the jettison of the load during an aerial fire flighting mission, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and impact with terrain.…

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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