# Accident 20250722021349A: Air Tractor Inc AT-402A, Centralia, MO, July 22, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2025, 13:25 local time
- Place: Centralia, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: EDGG
- Location: 39.2116° N, 92.1388° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2116&lon=-92.1388&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1534D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1534D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-402A (registry code 0390206, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-402a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-15AG (registry code 52246, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-15ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-402A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-15AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 900 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA276) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250722021349A

## Narrative

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

FAA INSPECTORS ARRIVED ON SCENE AND FOUND THE AIRCRAFT IN A CORNFIELD APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS FROM THE SOUTH EDGE OF THAT FIELD. REPORTEDLY, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SPRAYING CORN FUNGICIDE ONTO THE FIELD THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO. DUE TO THE PILOT NOT HAVING ANY RECOLATION OF THE EVENT, IT IS ASSUMED, THAT WHILE MANUVERING FOR ANOTHER PASS OF THE FIELD, THE LANDING GEAR CAUGHT THE UPPER TWO WIRES (GROUND WIRES) OF HIGH TENSION POWERLINES WHICH WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 350 YARDS WEST OF WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST. IT APPEARED THE AIRCRAFT STRETCHED THE GROUND WIRES DOWN TO THE GROUND WHERE THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR WAS TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS BEYOND THE POINT OF IMPACT BEFORE COMING TO REST ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 090 DEGREES.

## 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 CEN25LA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA276), Jul 22, 2025: Air Tractor AT-402A (N1534D), Centralia, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from power lines during low-level maneuvering.

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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