# Accident 20090815016559A: Airtrc AT802A, Corning, IA, August 15, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2009, 10:00 local time
- Place: Corning, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: UXRG
- Location: 40.9833° N, 94.5667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9833&lon=-94.5667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N802LL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N802LL-2018-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-802A (registry code 0390308, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65R (registry code 52276, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-65r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT802A
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A65AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 32,112 total, 1,220 in this make and model, 400 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA527](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA527) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090815016559A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT DEPARTED ELLIOTT FIELD, ILLINOIS (TIP) WITH A FINAL DESTINATION OF NAPOLEON MUNICIPAL, NORTH DAKOTA (5B5).  APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES EAST OF CORNING, IOWA, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND ON AN EASTERLY HEADING.  AIRCRAFT DESTRUCTION WAS TOTAL.  THERE WERE UNCONFIRMED REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL AND A STATE TROOPERS OF LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS CONSISTING OF LOCALIZED SEVERE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS.  ONE OF THE STATE TROOPERS, WHO IS A PILOT FOR THE STATE POLICE, STATED THERE WERE TIMES OF 0 VISIBILITY ON THE DAY IN QUESTION.  ADAMS COUNTY DISPATCH WAS NOTIFIED OF AN OVERDUE AIRCRAFT VIA FAX AT 23:50 HOURS FROM OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE EMERGENCY SERVICES COORDINATOR.  THE NOTIFICATION INDICATED A RADAR REPORT SHOWING THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNING AROUND AT THE TIME OF THE RADAR HIT.  NOTE: BLOCK 22 SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING A FERRY FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING RELOCATED FROM TIP TO 5B5, BUT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 21.197 (A)(1).

## 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 CEN09LA527](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA527), Aug 15, 2009: Air Tractor AT-802A (N802LL), Corning, IA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The in-flight loss of control due to the pilot's impairment as a result of hypoxia. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to operate the unpressurized airplane at an 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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