# Accident 20190607023569A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, Monument, KS, June 7, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2019, 08:30 local time
- Place: Monument, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: RBGG
- Location: 39.1044° N, 101.0072° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1044&lon=-101.0072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60642, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60642-2021-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 18,936 total, 136 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA328) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190607023569A

## Narrative

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

FLYING SOUTHBOUND. PILOT THINKS HE GOT TOO LOW AND HIS RIGHT WING

TOUCHED THE STANDING WHEAT.  THE PILOT ENTERED THE FIELD FOR APPLICATION OF CHEMICALS AND THE AIRCRAFT WING CONTACTED THE WHEAT IN THE FIELD. THE PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO CLIMB THE AIRCRAFT OUT OF THE WHEAT AND THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED INTO THE ADJOINING FIELD OF WHEAT.

## 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 GAA19CA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA328), Jun 7, 2019: Air Tractor AT502 (N60642), Monument, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain altitude due to distraction by ground equipment in the airplane’s path, which resulted in his failure to maintain clearance from crops during an agricultural…

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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