# Accident 20220726008082A: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, Portland, AR, July 26, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2022, 16:00 local time
- Place: Portland, AR
- Airport: Lake Village
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: W1VG
- Location: 33.2267° N, 91.4711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2267&lon=-91.4711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N749LA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N749LA-2022-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-802A (registry code 0390308, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802a) (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-802A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-65AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22FA338](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA338) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220726008082A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT "A" WAS TRANSITIONING SOUTHEAST, AFTER SPRAYING A FIELD NORTHWEST OF ACCIDENT SIGHT, TO HOME BASE. AIRCRAFT "A" FLIGHT PATH PARALLED HWY 160.

AIRCRAFT ?B? WAS SPRAYING A FIELD TO THE SOUTH OF AIRCRAFT "A" FLIGHT PATH, CONDUCTING SPRAY RUN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE SPRAY RUN, AIRCRAFT "B" PILOT PULLED UP TO MAKE ANOTHER THE SPRAY RUN AND COLLIED MIDAIR WITH AIRCRAFT ?A?. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE DISTROYED. PILOT OF AIRCRAFT ?B? SUSTAINED FATAL INJURY, PILOT OF AIRCRAFT ?A? SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N214RL, Air Tractor Inc AT-802: [Accident 20220726020762A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220726020762A)

## 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 ERA22FA338](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA338), Jul 26, 2022: Air Tractor AT-802A (N749LA), Portland, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to see and avoid the other airplane during aerial application and ferry operations.

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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