# NTSB ATL82DKQ18: Air Tractor 301A, N8823S, Marks, MS, August 30, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: August 30, 1982, 09:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place: Marks, MS
- Location: 34.2535° N, 90.2722° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marks, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2535&lon=-90.2722&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report August 30, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71587
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DKQ18
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71587/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DKQ18

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - wire,static
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH GUY WIRE WHILE SPRAYING CHEMICALS, AIRCRAFT WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8823S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR 301A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 197
- Airframe hours: 1640
- Engines: P & W R-1340 600 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Mothershead Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner: Mothershead Aviation Inc.
- Departed: MARKS, MS
- Destination: MARKS, MS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,640 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Temperature: 185 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820830042749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820830042749A), Aug 30, 1982: Airtrc AT301, Marks, MS, Destroyed. Struck a radio tower guywire during a spray run and crashed.

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.

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