# NTSB investigations: Air Tractor AT-502, 2000

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 FTW00LA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA259.md): Air Tractor AT-502 · Lariat, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 14, 2000 · N1508V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the antenna guy wire. A factor was the pilot's physical impairment from his use of diphenhydramine.
- [NTSB FTW00LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA233.md): Air Tractor AT-502 · Deerpark, LA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 15, 2000 · N9136U · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > the failure of both pilots to maintain a visual outlook during landing approach. A contributing factor was both pilot's failure to follow recommended traffic patterns.
- [NTSB FTW00LA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA232.md): Air Tractor AT-502 · Helena, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 14, 2000 · N73184 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain obstacle clearance. A contributing factor was the sun glare.
- [NTSB CHI00LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA177.md): Air Tractor AT-502 · Portland, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 29, 2000 · N91891 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot intentionally operated the airplane with known damage on the left wing which resulted in the pilot's inability to maintain control of the airplane during takeoff.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2000
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('0390303'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=0390303&year=2000

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