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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-502B · Enid, OK · June 19, 2018

Date: June 19, 2018 · 07:15 local
Place: Enid, OK
Phase of flight: Maneuver
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: TJEG
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N2063B
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN18FA232
Reported as: Air Tractor AT-502B
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34AG
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,500 total3,000 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N2063BRegistration cancelled Oct 15, 2018 · Air Tractor AT-502BS/N 502B-2800 · Built 2012 Airframe modelAir Tractor AT-502B Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34AGTurbo-prop

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What happened

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N2063B Air tractor aircraft involved in agricultural operations was moving from wsw to ene in steady climb hit a communications tower. Tower was 419FEET high erected in 1989. The guy wires are not marked nor are any others tower guy wires that have been observed in the area. Aircraft removed approximately top 50 feet of tower with two guy wires attached. Aircraft impact with the ground was nose down vertical approximately 470 feet north of the tower in an open mowed wheat field. Engine appears to have separated from the aircraft midair and was 795 feet from the tower. (325 feet north east of the aircraft main wreckage).

As the FAA filed it

N2063B AIR TRACTOR AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS WAS MOVING FROM WSW TO ENE IN STEADY CLIMB HIT A COMMUNICATIONS TOWER. TOWER WAS 419FEET HIGH ERECTED IN 1989. THE GUY WIRES ARE NOT MARKED NOR ARE ANY OTHERS TOWER GUY WIRES THAT HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN THE AREA. AIRCRAFT REMOVED APPROXIMATELY TOP 50 FEET OF TOWER WITH TWO GUY WIRES ATTACHED. AIRCRAFT IMPACT WITH THE GROUND WAS NOSE DOWN VERTICAL APPROXIMATELY 470 FEET NORTH OF THE TOWER IN AN OPEN MOWED WHEAT FIELD. ENGINE APPEARS TO HAVE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT MIDAIR AND WAS 795 FEET FROM THE TOWER. (325 FEET NORTH EAST OF THE AIRCRAFT MAIN WRECKAGE).

NTSB investigation

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NTSB CEN18FA232Accident · 1 fatalClass 2 · FieldFinal reportEnid, OKThe pilot's failure to see and avoid a known obstacle (communications tower) during agricultural spraying operations.Jun 19, 2018 · Destroyed