# Accident 20170708009799A: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Cash, AR, July 8, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2017, 14:56 local time
- Place: Cash, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: VRDG
- Location: 35.7903° N, 90.8883° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7903&lon=-90.8883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4257R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4257R-2018-04-25) (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 CEN17FA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA259) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170708009799A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 8, 2017, ABOUT 1456 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AIR TRACTOR INC. AT-602 AIRPLANE, N4257R, WAS DESTROYED AFTER IMPACT WITH TERRAIN NEAR CASH, ARKANSAS. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.  DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT, WHICH DEPARTED FROM A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP ABOUT 1431. ACCORDING TO SPRAY OPERATOR PERSONNEL, THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING HIS SIXTH LOAD OF THE DAY. TWO WITNESSES LOCATED NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE MAKE A LOW ALTITUDE TURN AND SUBSEQUENTLY BEGIN SPINNING WITH A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. THE SPIN CONTINUED UNTIL THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED A RICE FIELD.

## 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 CEN17FA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA259), Jul 8, 2017: Air Tractor AT 602 (N4257R), Cash, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's incapacitation due to a cardiac event, which resulted in a loss of airplane control.

## Other reports on N4257R (1)

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

- [Accident 20100614050329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100614050329A), Jun 14, 2010: Air Tractor AT-602 (N4257R), Mccrory, AR, Substantial damage. On June 14, 2010, Air Tractor AT-602, N4257R was being operated near Mccrory, Arkansas, in visual meteorological conditions under 14CFR, part 137. The aircraft…

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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