20190907014609A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-602 · Turkey, TX · September 7, 2019

Date
September 7, 2019 · 19:25 local
Place
Turkey, TX
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
WBCG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N602SS
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA19CA535
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-602
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65AG
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
12,500 total7,000 in this make and model125 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On September 7, 2019, at approximately 19:25 CST, N602SS, a single place (seat), Air tractor, AT-602 impacted the ground approximately one half mile west of intersection FM3323 and cr bb, and approximately five miles southwest of Turkey, Texas. The aircraft was being operated on a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was destroyed, and the pilot sustained minor injuries and one passenger sustained serious injuries. The flight originated from plainview,

Texas on September 7, 2019 at approximately 19:00 CST.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 19:25 CST, N602SS, A SINGLE PLACE (SEAT), AIR TRACTOR, AT-602 IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE WEST OF INTERSECTION FM3323 AND CR BB, AND APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES SOUTHWEST OF TURKEY, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM PLAINVIEW,

TEXAS ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 19:00 CST.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.