# Accident 20240905010939A: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Brush, CO, September 5, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2024, 10:15 local time
- Place: Brush, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: K95A
- Location: 40.3210° N, 103.5676° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3210&lon=-103.5676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N602BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N602BA) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 12,454 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24FA338](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA338) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240905010939A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2024, ABOUT 1015 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-602 AIRPLANE, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A POWER POLE TRANSFORMER AND TERRAIN NEAR CAMDEN, COLORADO. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 137 AGRICULTURAL FLIGHT.

## 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 CEN24FA338](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA338), Sep 5, 2024: Air Tractor AT-602 (N602BA), Camden, CO, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from a power transformer that was mounted to a power pole during an 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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