# Accident 20210315002292A: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Dumas, AR, March 15, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2021, 15:42 local time
- Place: Dumas, AR
- Airport: Dumas Airstrip
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: K5PG
- Location: 33.8757° N, 91.3425° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8757&lon=-91.3425&mi=10
- Aircraft: N312FB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N312FB) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 21,415 total, 15,300 in this make and model, 136 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210315002292A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT "A" DEPARTED HIS BASE GOING APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES SOUTHEAST TO SPRAY FILED. AIRCRAFT "A" WAS AT 400FT IN A LEFT  TURN OVER FIELD LOOKING FOR OBSTACLES.

AIRCRAFT "B" WAS RETURNING TO HIS BASE FLYING WEST TO EAST. AIRCRAFT "B" STARTED DECENT FROM 500FT THEN STRUCK RIGHT REAR OF AIRCRAFT "A". BOTH AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THEIR BASES WITH NO INJURIES.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N119KP, Air Tractor Inc AT-602: [Accident 20210315002282A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210315002282A)

## 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 CEN21LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA161), Mar 15, 2021: Air Tractor AT-602 (N312FB), Dumas, AR, minor damage. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to see and avoid the other airplane.

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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