# Accident 20240606005089A: Air Tractor Inc AT-402, Spearman, TX, June 6, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2024, 14:24 local time
- Place: Spearman, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: W3JG
- Location: 36.0918° N, 100.9517° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0918&lon=-100.9517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45123, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45123) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-402 (registry code 0390205, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-402) (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-402
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 631 total, 91 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA216) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240606005089A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 6, 2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 1424 CDT, AN AIR TRACTOR 402 REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A CERTIFICATED 137 OPERATOR IMPACTED TERRAIN WHILE ON AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT APPROXIMATELY 14 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SPEARMAN TEXAS.  AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY POST IMPACT FIRE.  FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE PERRYTON OCHILTREE COUNTY AIRPORT.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ONBOARD AND RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 CEN24LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA216), Jun 6, 2024: Air Tractor AT-402 (N45123), Perryton, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during a low-level turn, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of airplane control at too low of an altitude to recover.

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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