20230808020189A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-802 · Gilman City, MO · August 8, 2023

Date: August 8, 2023 · 11:50 local
Place: Gilman City, MO
Airport: Trenton Municipal
Phase of flight: Maneuver
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: R77G
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N804AA
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN23FA353
Reported as: Air Tractor AT-802
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours: 450 total

N804AARegistered now · Air Tractor AT-802S/N 802-0698 · Built 2017 Airframe modelAir Tractor AT-802 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65AGTurbo-prop

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.

At the end of a manuver at the edge of the cornfield heading south, the pilot initiatated a climb out with a right turn. Resulting in a stall of the right wing. The aircraft impacted the ground coming to rest in a soybean field and consumed by fire.

As the FAA filed it

AT THE END OF A MANUVER AT THE EDGE OF THE CORNFIELD HEADING SOUTH, THE PILOT INITIATATED A CLIMB OUT WITH A RIGHT TURN. RESULTING IN A STALL OF THE RIGHT WING. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND COMING TO REST IN A SOYBEAN FIELD AND CONSUMED BY FIRE.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB CEN23FA353Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportGilman City, MOThe pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a steep turn, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at an altitude too low for recovery.Aug 8, 2023 · Destroyed