20220730007609A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-502A · Ute, IA · July 30, 2022

Date
July 30, 2022 · 13:00 local
Place
Ute, IA
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
9MWG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N501MW
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN22FA347
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-502A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140AG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,900 total1,370 in this make and model200 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.

Left wing struck known object causing the aircraft to spin shaprply left and impact the ground. Post impact fire destroyed aircraft, pilot fataly injured.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT WING STRUCK KNOWN OBJECT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN SHAPRPLY LEFT AND IMPACT THE GROUND. POST IMPACT FIRE DESTROYED AIRCRAFT, PILOT FATALY INJURED.

NTSB investigation

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