# Accident 20140621008429A: Air Tractor Inc AT-402B, Newport, AR, June 21, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2014, 12:45 local time
- Place: Newport, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.5975° N, 91.2900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5975&lon=-91.2900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N428JJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N428JJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-402B (registry code 0390208, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-15AG (registry code 52246, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-15ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-402B
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-15AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA314) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140621008429A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 21, 2014 AT 1245 CST, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-402B, N428JJ, REGISTERED TO BELL FLYING, INC., NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, DURING ROUTINE AGRICULTURAL DISBURSEMENT OPERATION, AIRCRAFT CLIPPED A POWER LINE WITH THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND CRASHED IN RICE FIELD NEAR NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM OPERATORS HANGER IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) CONDITIONS, MADE ONE (1) FULL PASS THROUGH THE FIELD AND UNDER THE WIRE, ON SECOND PASS ENTERING THE FIELD (ON A HEADING OF 189 SOUTH) PIC FLEW UNDER AND STRUCK WIRE WITH VERTICAL STABILIZER, SEVERELY DAMAGING RUDDER AND FORCED THE AIRCRAFT TO IMPACT THE GROUND, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS FLATTENED OUTBOARD, THE LEFT AND RIGHT WING AND UNDERSIDE OF FUSELAGE WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, THE PROPELLER AND SPINNER WERE ALSO SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE, THE COCKPIT AND THE ENGINE AREA WERE CRACKED IN HALF.  A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT HAS A VALID SECOND CLASS MEDICAL, AND ONLY RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 CEN14CA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA314), Jun 21, 2014: Air Tractor AT 402B (N428JJ), Newport, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot misjudged his altitude which resulted in the airplane contacting a wire during the low altitude aerial application maneuver.

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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