# Accident 20190808015739A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, Sumner, IA, August 8, 2019 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 8, 2019, 07:19 local time - Place: Sumner, IA - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Descent - Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137) - Operator: PMJG - Location: 42.8478° N, 92.1169° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8478&lon=-92.1169&mi=10 - Aircraft: N6113C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6113C-2022-11-05) (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: 1 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 121 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19FA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA259) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190808015739A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. 06:10, 8/8/2019 ? PILOT DEPARTED MOUNT PLEASANT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (MPZ) DIRECT TO OELWEIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (ORC). PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO LOAD FUNGICIDE AT ORC, DEPART, THEN PERFORM AGRICULTURAL AIR OPERATIONS LOCALLY, AND IN NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES JUST WEST OF ORC. 06:38 ? PILOT?S SON WAS TRAVELING I-80W, 20 MILES EAST OF GRINNELL, IA AND REPORTED THAT HE THOUGHT HE SPOTTED HIS FATHER FLY OVERHEAD, WHICH RESULTED IN A TELEPHONE TEXT MESSAGE EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE TWO GENTLEMEN, ENDING AT 06:58. WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE TRAVELLING AT APPROXIMATELY 2000FT AGL. 07:15 (APPROXIMATELY) ? MULTIPLE WITNESSES ON THE GROUND AT OELWEIN MUNICIPAL (ORC) REPORTED N6113C OVERFLY THE AIRPORT UNUSUALLY LOW, LESS THAN 300FT AGL, AND TRACKING NW OF ORC. WITNESSES REPORTED WHAT LOOKED LIKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE LEFT OUTBOARD SECTION OF THE SPRAY BOOM, BUT OTHERWISE THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE APPEARED TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY. 07:15 (APPROXIMATELY) ? A WITNESS, 2.5 MILES NW OF SUMNER SPOTTED AN AIRCRAFT FLYING SW IN A SLIGHT LH BANK, VERY LOW, ?TREE-TOP LEVEL, LOW ENOUGH FOR A SPRAYING RUN,? OVER HIS PROPERTY THEN 3 TO 5 MINUTES LATER, HE WITNESSED SMOKE COMING FROM THE DIRECTION OF TOWN (SUMNER). 07:20 (APPROXIMATELY) ? A WITNESS, 0.5 MILE NW OF SUMNER REPORTED AN AIRCRAFT FLYING SOUTH VERY LOW OVER HIS PROPERTY, STRAIT AND LEVEL, THE ENGINE RUNNING, BUT WITH A SMALL PLUME OF SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE LEFT SIDE. 07:21 ? AIRCRAFT TRAVELED NE, STRUCK POWER LINES, WHICH RUN NORTH AND SOUTH ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF WHITETAIL AVENUE, APPROXIMATELY 400FT SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 9, CONTINUED NE APPROXIMATELY 900FT, STRUCK A UTILITY POLE ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY 93/1ST STREET, SEPARATING THE LEFT WING AND AILERON, THEN SKIDDED ACROSS HW 93, AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 350FT WHERE SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AND IMBEDDED IN A TREE AT A RESIDENCE, 1302 1ST STREET, SUMNER, IA. THE AIRCRAFT, MOSTLY DESTROYED BY IMPACT, AND CONSUMED BY THE POST IMPACT FIRE, AFFIXED FACING WEST, AND ASKEW, WITH THE RIGHT WING WEDGED UPRIGHT IN THE TREE; THE ENGINE AND TRUSS WERE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRFRAME AND REMAINED BY THE RESIDENCE, WHICH SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE FROM THE IMPACT. A PORTION OF THE PROPELLER, AND THE LEFT WHEEL ASSEMBLY WERE RECOVERED FROM NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES APPROXIMATELY 470 AND 620FT, RESPECTIVELY. SURVEILLANCE CAMERA VIDEO FOOTAGE FROM BUSINESSES ADJACENT TO THE ACCIDENT SITE RECORDED THE FINAL MOMENTS AS THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE UTILITY POLE SOUTH OF HW93; AS IT SKIDDED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY; MADE CONTACT THE WITH THE RESIDENCE, AND BURST INTO FLAMES. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE MAKING POWER, AND NOT ATTEMPTING TO LAND. ## 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 CEN19FA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA259), Aug 8, 2019: Air Tractor AT502 (N6113C), Sumner, IA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s impairment by medical conditions and/or medications, which resulted in the airplane’s impact with power lines and terrain. ## Other reports on N6113C (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20130715013539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130715013539A), Jul 15, 2013: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B (N6113C), Nauvoo, IL, Substantial damage. Aircraft was being flown from one field to another and the engine failed. The aircraft landed in a field sustaining substantial damage. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.