# Accident 20200407001749A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502, Pecan Gap, TX, April 7, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2020, 19:06 local time
- Place: Pecan Gap, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: RJMG
- Location: 33.4361° N, 95.8492° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4361&lon=-95.8492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9185D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9185D-2020-08-19) (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: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200407001749A

## Narrative

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

ON 04/08/2020 AIRCRAFT N9185D WHILE CROP-DUSTING CLIPPED A TREE AND CRASHED INTO A FIELD.  CRASH WAS FOLLOWED BY A POST-CRASH FIRE RESULTING IN THE PILOT BEING INJURED WITH BURNS. PILOT WAS TAKEN TO PARKLAND HOSPITAL DALLAS TX. ON 04/10/2020 I WAS NOTIFIED THE PILOT HAD SUCCUMB TO HIS INJURIES. RESULTING IN THIS ACCIDENT FORM BEING CHANGED TO A FATAL ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN20LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA143), Apr 8, 2020: Air Tractor AT 502 (N9185D), Pecan Gap, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot did not maintain adequate clearance from tree, which resulted in a collision with a tree and subsequent 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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