# Accident 20220730007609A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502A, Ute, IA, July 30, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2022, 13:00 local time
- Place: Ute, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 9MWG
- Location: 42.0213° N, 95.7105° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0213&lon=-95.7105&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501MW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N501MW-2023-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502A (registry code 0390306, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140AG (registry code 51800, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-140ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-140AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,900 total, 1,370 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22FA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA347) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220730007609A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 CEN22FA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA347), Jul 30, 2022: Air Tractor AT502 (N501MW), Ute, IA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s inflight collision with a power line during aerial application.

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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