# Accident 20150801013179A: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Wilmot, AR, August 1, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2015, 07:00 local time
- Place: Wilmot, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: L3YG
- Location: 33.0822° N, 91.4608° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0822&lon=-91.4608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6007N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6007N-2018-02-02) (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-60AG (registry code 52101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60ag) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15FA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA331) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150801013179A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 1, 2015, ABOUT 0700 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-602 AIRPLANE, N6007N, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES IN WILMOT, ARKANSAS. THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO BAYLEE COMPANY AND OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 137 AS AN AGRICULTURAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LAKE VILLAGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (M32), LAKE VILLAGE, ARKANSAS.

## 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 CEN15FA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA331), Aug 1, 2015: Air Tractor AT 602 (N6007N), Wilmot, AR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain control of the airplane as a result of incapacitation by drug effects or an acute cardiac event.

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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