# Accident 20181128022979A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502, Americus, GA, November 28, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2018, 11:30 local time
- Place: Americus, GA
- Airport: Jimmy Carter Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: SUFG
- Location: 32.0397° N, 84.2942° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0397&lon=-84.2942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N843WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N843WA-2019-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,433 total, 400 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181128022979A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 28, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15AM AN AG AIRCRAFT MODEL AT-502 BUILD IN 1988 BY AIR TRACTOR INC, CRASH LANDED IN A FIELD IN AMERICUS, GEORGIA AFTER STRIKING POWER LINES WHILE PULLING UP FROM SPRAYING A FIELD OFF FOX STEPHENS ROAD.

WEATHER: KACJ 281615Z 34008KT 10SM CLR 07/M12 A3019

## 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 GAA19CA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA078), Nov 28, 2018: Air Tractor AT 502 (N843WA), Americus, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to see and avoid a power line during an agricultural application flight.

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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