# Accident 20240620007432A: Air Tractor Inc AT-802, Arco, ID, June 20, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2024, 12:58 local time
- Place: Arco, ID
- Airport: Arco-Butte County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: VB2G
- Location: 43.5858° N, 113.4029° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5858&lon=-113.4029&mi=10
- Aircraft: N802TP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N802TP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-802 (registry code 0390305, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67AG (registry code 52211, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-802
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24FA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA201) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240620007432A

## Narrative

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

2 AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT WERE SPRAYING SEPARATE AG FIELDS NEAR ARCO, IDAHO WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THEY COLLIDED IN MID-AIR. BOTH AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND SECONDS LATER. THE FIRST PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL, THE SECOND PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. NO CAUSE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME .

## Other aircraft in the event

- N581TW, Air Tractor Inc AT-502B: [Accident 20240620020952A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240620020952A)

## 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 WPR24FA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA201), Jun 20, 2024: Air Tractor AT-802 (N802TP), Arco, ID, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A midair collision between two airplanes during aerial application operations due to both pilots’ insufficient awareness of their proximity to each other and their failure to see and avoid each…

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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