# Accident 20190907014609A: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Turkey, TX, September 7, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2019, 19:25 local time
- Place: Turkey, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: WBCG
- Location: 34.4000° N, 100.8872° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4000&lon=-100.8872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N602SS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N602SS-2022-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-602 (registry code 0390309, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65AG (registry code 52109, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-65ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-65AG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA535](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA535) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190907014609A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 GAA19CA535](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA535), Sep 8, 2019: Air Tractor AT 602 (N602SS), Turkey, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during a low pass, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain.

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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