# Accident 20260212000862A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502A, Sulphur, LA, February 12, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2026, 12:19 local time
- Place: Sulphur, LA
- Airport: Southland Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KGRG
- Location: 30.2332° N, 93.3808° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2332&lon=-93.3808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N254LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N254LA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502A (registry code 0390306, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140AG (registry code 51800, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-140ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-140AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,240 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260212000862A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING AERIAL APPLICATION WORK NEAR A NON TOWERED UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT AND WAS USING AIRPORT TO RELOAD AIRCRAFT.

AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING UNANNOUNCED TO A NON TOWERED UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT FOR RESUPPLY AND WHILE APPROACHING RUNWAY TO LAND, IT RAN INTO ANOTHER AERIAL APPLICATION AIRCRAFT ON SHORT FINAL FROM BEHIND.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N598LA, Air Tractor Inc AT-502B: [Accident 20260212000872A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260212000872A)

## 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 CEN26LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA118), Feb 12, 2026: Air Tractor AT-502A (N254LA), Sulphur, LA, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N254LA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20180726018069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180726018069A), Jul 26, 2018: Air Tractor Inc AT-502A (N254LA), Iowa, LA, Substantial damage. Pilot was landing the aircraft on a grass strip, pilot stated the aircraft made contact with the ground and did a violent right turn, pilot stated he tried to…

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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