# Fatal NTSB investigations: Air Tractor AT-400

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CEN13FA465](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA465.md): Air Tractor AT-400 · Balko, OK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 5, 2013 · N3159B · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure maintain clearance from a meteorological tower while en route at a low altitude. Contributing to the accident was the sun's glare.
- [NTSB CHI99FA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA165.md): Air Tractor AT-400 · Elkhart, KS · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 25, 1999 · N400MJ · Destroyed
  > The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision and his inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of aircraft control. Contributing to the accident was the poor weather…
- [NTSB FTW96FA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA288.md): Air Tractor AT-400 · Huffman, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 2, 1996 · N501JS · Substantial damage
  > corroded flight control components, due to the operator's inadequate maintenance and inspection of the airplane; the pilot's failure to follow procedures and directives, by flying the airplane without proper maintenance and annual inspection; and subsequent…
- [NTSB CHI95LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA278.md): Air Tractor AT-400 · Hayti, MO · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 15, 1995 · N2315Z · Destroyed
  > the pilot inadvertently stalled the airplane. A factor was the reduced power setting.
- [NTSB FTW94LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA086.md): Air Tractor AT400 · Widener, AR · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 27, 1994 · N3652D · Destroyed
  > The pilot's loss of control for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB FTW82FRJ16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRJ16.md): Rockwell S-2R · Jones, LA · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Aug 23, 1982 · N8474V · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > Air tractor AT-400, N2342Z, and another aircraft, a Rockwell international S-2R, N8474V, collided while both aircraft were involved in spraying operatons. The AT-400 pilot was spraying a field that was surrounded by trees. He had just completed a swath run to…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."highestInjuryLevel" = 'Fatal'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('0390202'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&model=0390202

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