# Accident 20150818014279A: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, Wiville, AR, August 18, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2015, 11:05 local time
- Place: Wiville, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KVLG
- Location: 35.1636° N, 91.2236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1636&lon=-91.2236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3070R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3070R-2016-10-19) (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: 2,964 total, 900 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA367) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150818014279A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 18, 2015, AT 11:00 CST, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-802A, N3070R, REGISTERED TO REYNOLDS FLYING SERVICE, INC., WAS APPLYING PESTICIDE ON A FIELD AT MCCRORY, AR., WHILE ON A CFR PART 137 AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE COMMERCIALLY CERTIFICATED PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 CEN15LA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA367), Aug 18, 2015: Air Tractor AT-802A (N3070R), Wiville, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a utility pole while maneuvering during an agricultural application flight, which resulted in damage to the right aileron and a subsequent uncontrolled…

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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