# Accident 20120523009011A: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, Sedgwick, AR, May 23, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2012, 11:00 local time
- Place: Sedgwick, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KTFG
- Location: 35.9736° N, 90.7767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9736&lon=-90.7767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4126T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4126T-2017-10-26) (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-65AG (registry code 52109, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-65ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-802A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-65AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 16,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12FA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA312) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120523009011A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 23, 2012, AT 1100 CDT, AN AIR TRACTOR, N4126T, REGISTERED TO MILES FLYING SERVICE, WAS INVOLVED IN A MID-AIR COLLISION WITH A GRUMMAN AG CAT, N996QC, REGISTERED TO HDS, INC OVER AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD EAST OF SEDGWICK, ARKANSAS, WHILE APPLYING AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BONO, ARKANSAS, ON MAY 23, 2012.

## 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 CEN12FA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA312), May 23, 2012: Air Tractor AT-802A (N4126T), Sedgwick, AR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The inability of both pilots to see and avoid the other airplane, which resulted in a midair collision. Contributing to the accident was the distraction of the Air Tractor pilot by a cellular…

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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