# Accident 20190510024109A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502A, Eagle Lake, TX, May 10, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2019, 10:00 local time
- Place: Eagle Lake, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: AN3G
- Location: 29.5873° N, 96.3286° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eagle Lake, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5873&lon=-96.3286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N713LA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N713LA-2021-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502A (registry code 0390306, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-45 (registry code 52105, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-45
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190510024109A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT TOOK OFF, WITH WEATHER IN THE AREA.  THE PILOT THEN NOTICED THAT THERE WAS FOG AND WEATHER CLOSING IN ON HIM AND CLIMBED ABOVE IT.

THE PILOT THEN CALLED HIS FATHER AND REPORTED THAT HE WAS ON TOP OF THE FOG AND WAS GOING TO FLY NORTH, TO GET OUT OF THE WEATHER.

A SHORT TIME LATER CONTACT WAS LOST AND AFTER A SEARCH, THE PLANE WRECKAGE WAS FOUND BETWEEN GARWOOD AND EAGLE LAKE TEXAS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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