# Accident 20240704022029A: Air Tractor AT-802-802, Brad, TX, July 4, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2024, 14:49 local time
- Place: Brad, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KSAG
- Location: 32.3934° N, 98.4489° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3934&lon=-98.4489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N983LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N983LA) (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-67F (registry code 52290, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT-802-802
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 300 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA255) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240704022029A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED ALONG WITH 2 OTHER AIRCRAFT TO THE HART LANE FIRE AROUND THE POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE VICINITY. THE LAKE WAS VERY BUSY DUE TO THE JULY 4 HOLIDAY. PILOT WAS ON HIS THIRD SCOOP A WAKE BOARD BOAT WAS IN THE VICINITY OF AT-224 WHILE SCOOPING. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE WAVE FROM THE NEARBY BOAT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO GO AIRBORNE HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT TO TORQUE ROLL 45 DEGREES TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT TRIED TO CORRECT THE ROLL BY PULLING THE RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL AND PULLING BACK. THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE WATER SPINNING PLANE INTO A 90 DEGREE ANGLE. PILOT IMMEDIATELY DUMPED 400 GALLONS OF WATER AVOID SINKING. THEN DID A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.

## 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 CEN24LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA255), Jul 4, 2024: Air Tractor AT-802 (N983LA), Brad, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control after encountering a large boat wake.

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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