# Accident 20100729039759A: Air Tractor AT-602, Canton, MS, July 29, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2010, 18:00 local time
- Place: Canton, MS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6014° N, 90.0339° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6014&lon=-90.0339&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9046D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9046D-2014-12-03) (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-60AG (registry code 52101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT-602
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 863 total, 55 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA385](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA385) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100729039759A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 29, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT WAS OPERATING AN AT-602 AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER PART 91.  WITNESSES STATED THAT THEY NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT SPINNING DOWNWARD.  THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED A POST ACCIDENT FIRE AND CAME TO REST INVERTED IN A TREE LINE BETWEEN TWO SOY BEAN FIELDS.

## 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 ERA10LA385](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA385), Jul 29, 2010: Air Tractor AT-602 (N9046D), Canton, MS, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and spin.

## Other reports on N9046D (1)

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

- [Accident 20001206024809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001206024809A), Dec 6, 2000: Airtrc AT602 (N9046D), Clarkesville, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On December 6, 2000, a airtractor AT-602, N9046D operated by thrash aviation crashed after an aborted takeoff on a Private airstrip in clarksville FL.…

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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