# Accident 20110726014899A: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Drew, MS, July 26, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2011, 07:15 local time
- Place: Drew, MS
- Airport: Ruleville-Drew
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ZNYG
- Location: 33.8061° N, 90.4078° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8061&lon=-90.4078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8525L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8525L-2012-05-24) (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-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC 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: 17,707 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11LA424](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA424) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110726014899A

## Narrative

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

ON 7/26/2011, OUR OFFICE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT 8 MILES WEST OF DREW, MS. PERSONNEL FROM OUR OFFICE WERE DISPATCH TO THE SCENE. UPON ARRIVAL ON SCENE THERE WAS AN AIRCRAFT N8525L, AIR TRACTOR 602, ON THE GROUND. ONE PERSON ON BOARD, ONE FATALITY. THE PILOT ONBOARD HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO OUR ARRIVAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. A STATEMENT FROM THE LAND OWNER INDICATED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE WEATHER WAS FOG AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. ALSO SPOKE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL AT THE DREW AIRPORT, ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, AND HE STATED THE WEATHER OVER CAST AND FOGGY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING 137 AERIAL APPLICATION AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE PILOT WAS RETURNING TO HIS BASE OF OPERATION AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ERA11LA424](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA424), Jul 26, 2011: Air Tractor AT-602 (N8525L), Drew, MS, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to conduct a visual flight rules aerial application flight in instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an in flight collision with the ground while…

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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