# Accident 20100808040649A: Air Tractor AT-802A, Lindsay, NE, August 8, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2010, 13:05 local time
- Place: Lindsay, NE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: XDFG
- Location: 41.6181° N, 97.6186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6181&lon=-97.6186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N802BG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N802BG-2012-04-26) (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-67AG (registry code 52211, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT-802A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA463](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA463) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100808040649A

## Narrative

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

A REPRESENTATIVE  FROM AIR TRACTOR WAS ON THE SCENE AND CONCLUDED FROM HIS PAST EXPERIENCE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS MANEUVERING TO MAKE A TURN, AND DURING THIS MANEUVER, THE PILOT STALLED THE AIRCRAFT. HE ALSO STATED THAT AT THE END OF A SPRAY PASS, THE PILOT WILL CLIMB 300-500 FEET, PUT IN 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT AND BE ABLE TO INITIATE A QUICKER AND TIGHTER TURN. VERIFICATION WAS MADE THAT THE FLAP JACK SCREW WAS EXTENDED. DURING THIS MANEUVER, WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, DESCENDED WITH  A SLIGHT DOWNWARD PITCH,  IMPACTING THE GROUND LEFT WING FIRST. THE ACCIDENT SCENE WAS CONTAINED IN A SMALL AREA SUGGESTING THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED ALMOST VERTICALLY. AFTER IMPACT, THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 CEN10LA463](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA463), Aug 8, 2010: Air Tractor AT-802A (N802BG), Lindsay, NE, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of airplane control for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation and…

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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