# Accident 20080822843039A: Airtrc AT502, Yazoo City, MS, August 22, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2008, 15:15 local time
- Place: Yazoo City, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.7167° N, 90.5519° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7167&lon=-90.5519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1520X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1520X-2011-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08CA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080822843039A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AERIAL APPLICATIONS OPERATION. WHILE PREPARING FOR SPRAY RUN, AIRCRAFT STRUCK UNMARKED TOWER AND CRASHED. AFTER IMPACT (WITH GROUND) FIRE DESTROYED AIRCRAFT. MINOR INJURY TO PILOT, NO PASSENGERS.

## 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 MIA08CA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA170), Aug 22, 2008: Air Tractor AT-502 (N1520X), Satartia, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate visual lookout resulting in the in-flight collision with a 40-foot-tall antenna.

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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