# Accident 20170319002789A: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Minter City, MS, March 19, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2017, 16:00 local time
- Place: Minter City, MS
- Airport: Glendora, Ms
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ZNYG
- Location: 33.7719° N, 90.3806° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7719&lon=-90.3806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2049D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2049D-2017-05-02) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 29,000 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170319002789A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 19, 2017, AN AIRCRAFT, AIR TRACTOR, AT-602,   S/N - 602-1219, N2049D WENT DOWN IN A FIELD WEST OF GLENDORA, MS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEADED WEST TO CONDUCT AERIAL APPLICATION IAW 14 CFR PART 137 OPERATIONS.  THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 1530, LOCAL TIME (CST).  APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES LATER THE COUNTY SHRIEF?S DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A 911 CALL OF AN AIRCRAFT THAT HAD CRASHED APPROXIMATELY .14 OF A MILE FROM THERE HOUSE.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A TREE APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AGL.  THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.  WITNESSES STATED THE WINDS WERE APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 5 MPH OUT OF THE SOUTH.  THE DEBRIS FIELD WAS APPROXIMATELY 300 TO 400 YDS ALONG A TREE LINE AND APPROXIMATELY 75 TO 100 YDS WIDE.  THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED AROUND THE PITOT STATIC PORTION OF THE LEFT WING.  THE LEFT WING DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AT THIS POINT.  THE ENGINE WAS FOUND IN 3 SEPARATE PIECES ALONG THE DEBRIS LINE.  THE EMPANNAGE HAD SEPARATE FROM THE FUSELAGE, BUT WAS INTACT, EXCEPT FOR THE RIGHT HORIZONAL. THE RIGHT HORIZONAL HAD IMPACT DAMAGE.  THE FUSELAGE WAS INVERT AND A POST CRASH FIRE BURN MOST ALL OF THE REMAINING AIRCRAFT.  CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE NTSB.

## 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 ERA17FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA131), Mar 19, 2017: Air Tractor AT 602 (N2049D), Minter City, MS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's incapacitation for reasons that could not be determined, which resulted in collision with trees and terrain.

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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