# Accident 20220802007959A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502, Cheneyville, LA, August 2, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2022, 11:45 local time
- Place: Cheneyville, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 2LGG
- Location: 30.9872° N, 92.3058° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9872&lon=-92.3058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9184Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9184Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 861 total, 19 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22FA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA350) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220802007959A

## Narrative

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

AN AIR TRACTOR, MODEL AT-502, DEPARTED FROM A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP NEAR CHENEYVILLE, LA TO CONDUCT A 14 CFR PART 137 AERIAL FERTILIZER APPLICATION FLIGHT.  THE PILOT WAS DISPERSING HIS LAST LOAD OF FERTILIZER ON THE WEST SIDE OF I-49 BEFORE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  THE AIRCRAFT, FLYING FROM WEST TO EAST, STARTED CLIMBING AS IT CROSSED BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND LANES OF I-49.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO INCREASE CLIMB AND APPEARED TO ROLL OVER TO THE LEFT, THEN SPIRALED DOWN STEEPLY TO THE POINT OF IMPACT ONTO THE NORTH BOUND EXIT RAMP (EXIT 56).

## 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 ERA22FA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA350), Aug 2, 2022: Air Tractor AT-502 (N9184Q), Cheneyville, LA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of control after exceeding the airplane’s critical angle of attack for reasons that could not be determined.

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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