# Accident 20180619008229A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, Enid, OK, June 19, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2018, 07:15 local time
- Place: Enid, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: TJEG
- Location: 36.4725° N, 97.9403° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4725&lon=-97.9403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2063B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2063B-2018-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34AG (registry code 52251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-34ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502B
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-34AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18FA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA232) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180619008229A

## Narrative

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

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).

## 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 CEN18FA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA232), Jun 19, 2018: Air Tractor AT 502B (N2063B), Enid, OK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to see and avoid a known obstacle (communications tower) during agricultural spraying operations.

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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