# Accident 20210730008679A: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, Fort Sumner, NM, July 30, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2021, 11:30 local time
- Place: Fort Sumner, NM
- Airport: Fort Sumner Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: QTEG
- Location: 34.6518° N, 104.3555° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6518&lon=-104.3555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9197F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9197F-2022-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-802A (registry code 0390308, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-802A
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,041 total, 2,986 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA310) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210730008679A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 30, 2021, AT 1130 CDT, AN AIR TRACTOR 802A AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N9197F, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIR OPERATOR, HIT THE BLADES OF A WINDMILL, SCRAPED GROUND TERRAIN FOR APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET AND CRASHED INVERTED WITH A POST IMPACT FIRE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PART 137 AGRICULTURAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  THE PILOT  SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM FORT SUMNER AIRPORT (FSU) ON JULY 30, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 CDT.

## 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 WPR21LA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA310), Jul 30, 2021: Air Tractor AT-802A (N9197F), Fort Sumner, NM, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from a windmill while maneuvering during an aerial application flight.

## Other reports on N9197F (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20210523002959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210523002959I), May 23, 2021: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A (N9197F), Philipsburg, PA, Minor damage. The pilot stated he was on his fifth or sixth spray pass when the electronic equipment used to track spraying operations began to "flicker". He was approaching…
- [Accident 20100421032249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100421032249A), Apr 21, 2010: Air Tractor AT-802A (N9197F), Alpine, TX, Substantial damage. On April 21, 2010, at approximately 1830 CDT, the pilot of N9197F, an AT-802 agricultural aircraft, was maneuvering while dispensing herbicide pellets on a…
- [Accident 19970827024249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970827024249A), Aug 27, 1997: Airtrc AT802 (N9197F), Pineland, TX, Substantial damage. Reported right brake locked while landing. Tipped up on right side. Impact tore off right wing and gear. (-23) on August 27, 1997 at 1720 cdst, air tractor…

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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