# Accident 20170428006579A: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Hollis, OK, April 28, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2017, 13:18 local time
- Place: Hollis, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: TBYG
- Location: 34.7003° N, 99.9086° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7003&lon=-99.9086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N604RH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N604RH-2019-02-01) (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-65AG (registry code 52109, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-65ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-65AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17FA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170428006579A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE STRUCK THE GROUND WITH THE RH WING SHORT OF RNWY 35. NEXT IMPACT WAS PROPELLER STUCK IN THE GROUND WITH BLADES BROKEN OFF FROM HUB AND HUB BROKEN OFF OF ENGINE. ENGINE FOUND DETACHED FROM AIRFRAME ANOTHER 30 FT PAST PROP HUB. WING CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN AND DETACHED FROM FUSELAGE. FUSELAGE FOUND RESTING ON TOP OF UPSIDE DOWN WING FACING 180 DEGREES OPPOSITE OF DIRECTION OF FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE CARTWHEELED ON ATTEMPT TO LAND AND STARTED DISINTEGRATING AND STREWING PARTS AND PIECES AS IT TUMBLED.

THERE WAS A POST CRASH FIRE AND MUCH OF THE CENTER OF THE WING AND COCKPIT AREA CONSUMED IN FIRE.

PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED IN CRASH AND FIRE.

## 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 CEN17FA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA170), Apr 28, 2017: Air Tractor AT 602 (N604RH), Hollis, OK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An impact with terrain during final approach for reasons that could not be determined because no evidence of an in-flight failure or malfunction was observed.

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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