# Accident 20240501006269A: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, Blakemore, AR, May 1, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2024, 07:51 local time
- Place: Blakemore, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: C7FG
- Location: 34.6036° N, 91.8818° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6036&lon=-91.8818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8515G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8515G-2025-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-802A (registry code 0390308, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-802A
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 11,404 total, 530 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA175) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240501006269A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 1ST, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 AM, AN AT-802A AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS IN A RECTANGULAR FIELD WITH A HALF-MOON SHAPE ON THE NORTH END FIELD NEAR LONOKE ARKANSAS. ELECTRICAL POWER LINES RUN NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ON THE EASTERN HALF. A 500 FT TOWER STANDS IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER, ACROSS FROM THE CANAL ADJACENT TO THE FIELD. ON HIS FINAL SWATH RUN, HE BEGAN ON THE WEST END, HEADING TOWARDS THE TOWER. REACHING THE HALF-MOON END, HE PULLED UP AND VEERED RIGHT TO AVOID THE TOWER. THE PILOT LOOKED DOWN MOMENTARILY TO CHECK HIS POSITION, WHEN HE LOOKED UP, HE REALIZED HE HADN'T VEERED ENOUGH AND CLIPPED THE GUIDE-WIRES ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE TOWER. THE AIRCRAFT THEN WENT THROUGH THE GUIDE-WIRES AND BEGAN A RIGHT SPIRAL ROLL. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TWICE AND AT APPROXIMATELY 1,135 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT NOSE-DIVED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO FATALITIES, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 CEN24LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA175), May 1, 2024: Air Tractor AT-802A (N8515G), England, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from tower guy wires while maneuvering during a low-level aerial application flight.

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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