# Accident 20190724015029A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502, Big Spring, TX, July 24, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2019, 14:30 local time
- Place: Big Spring, TX
- Airport: Big Spring Mcmahon?Wrinkle Air
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ODYG
- Location: 32.2014° N, 101.6886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2014&lon=-101.6886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15400, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15400-2021-09-14) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 1,567 total, 650 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA453](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA453) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190724015029A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 24, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 PM LOCAL TIME, N15400, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-502 STRUCK A GUY WIRE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES WEST OF BIG SPRING, TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LAMESA, TEXAS ON JULY 24, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:15 PM LOCAL TIME.

## 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 GAA19CA453](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA453), Jul 24, 2019: Air Tractor AT 502 (N15400), Stanton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from wires during an agricultural application flight.

## Other reports on N15400 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20070720014529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070720014529A), Jul 20, 2007: Airtrc AT502 (N15400), Slaton, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 20, 2007, at approximately 0930 CDT, N15400, an AT-500-502, piloted by [privacy data omitted], shortly after take off from runway 36 at the…

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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