20210711004289A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-802A · Newell, IA · July 11, 2021

Date
July 11, 2021 · 07:45 local
Place
Newell, IA
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
9MWG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N949TM
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN21LA313
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-802A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67AG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,864 total348 in this make and model30 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.

The pilot descended into the corn during a spray application swath. The pilot was unable to make the aircraft climb out of the corn due to the drag of the aircraft hitting the corn. Aircraft accident ensued.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT DESCENDED INTO THE CORN DURING A SPRAY APPLICATION SWATH. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE AIRCRAFT CLIMB OUT OF THE CORN DUE TO THE DRAG OF THE AIRCRAFT HITTING THE CORN. AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT ENSUED.

NTSB investigation

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