# Accident 20090102000069A: Airtrc AT602, Philadelphia, MS, January 2, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2009, 18:20 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8294° N, 88.9531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8294&lon=-88.9531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5013C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5013C-2009-02-13) (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
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090102000069A

## Narrative

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

TWO AIRCRAFT DEPARTED APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES APART (1100 AND 1120 CST) FROM GREENVILLE AL (PRN), 01/02/2009, WITH A DESTINATION OF JONESBORO AR (JBR) AND A PLANNED FUEL STOP AT CLEVELAND MS (RNV).  THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RECEIVE AT SERVICES, AND REMAINED IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER THROUGH TEXT MESSAGES.  THE PILOT OF THE FIRST AIRCRAFT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING, DUE TO WEATHER, BETWEEN LIBERTY MS AND MOSCOW MS.  THE PILOT REPORTED THE SECOND AIRCRAFT AS UNKNOWN STATUS, BASED ON THE LAST TEXT MESSAGE WHICH HE RECEIVED FROM N5013C AT 1201 CST.  THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES EAST OF PHILADELPHIA MS, 01/05/2009, IN A WOODED AREA AT APPROXIMATELY 1650 CST.  THE PILOT WAS FOUND DECEASED AND THE AIRCRAFT DESTROYED BY POST IMPACT FIRE.

## 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 ERA09LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA128), Jan 2, 2009: Air Tractor AT-602 (N5013C), Philadelphia, MS, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper preflight weather planning and his continued VFR flight into IMC conditions resulting in an in-flight collision with trees.

## Other reports on N5013C (1)

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

- [Accident 20040521009399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040521009399A), May 21, 2004: Airtrc AT602 (N5013C), Brookland, AR, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 21, 2004, at approximately 1030 CDT, an agricultural airplane, air tractor, AT-602, N5013C, sustained substantial damage when it impacted a power…

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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