# Accident 20210804014189A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502, Wooster, OH, August 4, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2021, 08:00 local time
- Place: Wooster, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: PVGG
- Location: 40.8051° N, 81.9351° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8051&lon=-81.9351&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1519U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1519U-2023-12-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,037 total, 310 in this make and model, 306 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA354) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210804014189A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS SPRAYING FIELD AND MANEUVERING ABOVE ROADWAY POWERLINES AND BELOW THE HIGH-TENSION POWERLINES. DURING A MANUEVER BELOW HIGH TENSION POWERLINES, PILOT REPORTED HEARING A LOUD POP, AIRCRAFT PITCHED NOSE-UP AND STARTED TO FISHTAIL AND LOSS OF RUDDER CONTROL. PILOT PITCHED AIRCRAFT NOSEDOWN TO GAIN CONTROL. PILOT MANEUVERED TOWARDS OPEN AREA AND STRUCK ROADWAY POWERLINES AND A LARGE HICKORY TREE FINALLY RESTING AGAINST OTHER TREES IN A NOSEUP POSITION.

## 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 CEN21LA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA354), Aug 4, 2021: Air Tractor AT-502 (N1519U), Wooster, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot inadvertently collided with powerline wires during an agricultural spraying flight, resulting in a loss of aircraft control and subsequent impact with the ground.

## Other reports on N1519U (2)

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

- [Incident 20130825016059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130825016059I), Aug 25, 2013: Air Tractor Inc AT-502 (N1519U), Evansville, MN, Minor damage. Pilot stated that he was accomplishing aerial application of a field from west to east along the south edge of a field. He stated he was concentrating on the…
- [Accident 20080427832069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080427832069A), Apr 27, 2008: Airtrc AT502 (N1519U), Dayton, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) On 4-27-2008 at approximately 0830 local time the pilot [privacy data omitted] was acting as pilot in command of N1519U, an air tractor AT-502 operated…

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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