# Accident 20250328002839A: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, Cash, AR, March 28, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2025, 07:55 local time
- Place: Cash, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 10TG
- Location: 35.7920° N, 90.9359° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7920&lon=-90.9359&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41687, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41687) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-802A (registry code 0390308, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802a) (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-802A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-65AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,541 total, 1,307 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250328002839A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 28, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:55 LOCAL TIME, AN AIR TRACTOR STRUCK THE TOP OF A MINI-EXCAVATOR BOOM THAT WAS LOCATED IN A FIELD THEY WERE SPRAYING.  THE AIRMAN STARTED AN APPLICATION PASS AND PLANNED TO CLIMB OVER THE MINI-EXCAVATOR TO CONTINUE THEIR PASS BUT MISJUDGED THE HEIGHT OF THE BOOM ON THE MINI-EXCAVATOR. THE FRONT LEFT LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE BOOM OF THE MINI-EXCAVATOR CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO ALTER ITS TRAJECTORY AND MAKE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.  DAY VFR CONDITIONS EXISTED. NO INJURIES SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT.

## 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 CEN25LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA140), Mar 28, 2025: Air Tractor AT-802A (N41687), Cash, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from an excavator during low-altitude aerial application operations.

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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