# Accident 20240614018929A: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Broseley, MO, June 14, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2024, 06:00 local time
- Place: Broseley, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: MCLG
- Location: 36.6868° N, 90.1953° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6868&lon=-90.1953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N115AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N115AA-2025-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-602 (registry code 0390309, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65AG (registry code 52109, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-65ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-65AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24FA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA220) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240614018929A

## Narrative

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

THE OPERATOR/PILOT DEPARTED THE PRIVATE AIRPORT FOR AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT WITH GRANULAR FERTILIZER. WHILE MANEUVERING NEAR THE APPLICATION FIELD, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A NOSE DOWN VERTICAL DIVE AND IMPACTED TREES AND THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYERD BY FIRE AND THE PILOT WAS FATALLY 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 CEN24FA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA220), Jun 14, 2024: Air Tractor AT-602 (N115AA), Broseley, MO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s inflight loss of airplane control 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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