# Accident 20260212000872A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, 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: N598LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N598LA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,459 total, 618 in this make and model, 40 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/20260212000872A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING AERIAL APPLICATION WORK SOUTH OF AN NON TOWERED UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT AND WAS USING AIRPORT TO RELOAD AIRCRAFT.

AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING UNANNOUNCED TO A NON TOWERED UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT FOR RESUPPLY AND WAS DIRECTLY APPROACHING RUNWAY TO LAND, WHEN IT WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER AERIAL APPLICATION AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON THE SAME RUNWAY.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N254LA, Air Tractor Inc AT-502A: [Accident 20260212000862A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260212000862A)

## 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-502B (N598LA), Sulphur, LA, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N598LA (1)

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

- [Accident 20121017023699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121017023699A), Oct 17, 2012: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B (N598LA), Portales, NM, Substantial damage. On October 17, 2012, at approximately 16:04CDT, an Air tractor AT-502, N598LA struck power lines while conducting aerial agriculture spray operations. The…

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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