# Accident 20150722012569A: Air Tractor Inc AT-402B, Monte Vista, CO, July 22, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2015, 12:35 local time
- Place: Monte Vista, CO
- Airport: Monte Vista
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 6ITG
- Location: 37.5286° N, 106.0458° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5286&lon=-106.0458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N402KN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N402KN-2021-11-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-402B (registry code 0390208, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-402B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 100 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150722012569A

## Narrative

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

ON 07/22/2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 1235 MDT, N402KN AN AIR TRACTOR MODEL AT-402B AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AFTER IMPACTING TWO PARKED VEHICLES AT THE MONTE VISTA AIPRORT, COLORADO.  THE SOLE OCCUPANT ABOARD WAS UNINJURED.  WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VMC.

## 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 GAA15CA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA194), Jul 22, 2015: Air Tractor AT 402B (N402KN), Monte Vista, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with objects.

## Other reports on N402KN (1)

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

- [Incident 20190727015909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190727015909I), Jul 27, 2019: Air Tractor Inc AT-402B (N402KN), Haverhill, IA, Minor damage. The aircraft had been loaded with agricultural chemical from equipment mounted on a mobile trailer. The pilot had requested fuel and the single point fuel…

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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