- Date
- May 27, 2022, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Weiner, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N579LAAir Tractor AT-802A
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20220527005079A
- Case key
- 105188
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from the telephone pole during a low-level aerial application pass.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, while maneuvering through a field at low altitude, the wingtip struck a telephone pole. The airplane subsequently impacted terrain and was destroyed. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N579LA
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-802A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 802A-0579
- Built
- 2014
- Airframe hours
- 3,130
- Engine
- Pratt and Whitney Canada PT6A-65AG, 1,295 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Johnson, Cory and Trampas, doing business as Johnson Flying Service
- Registered owner
- J&J Air Service LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 10, 2022
- Departed
- 8M2 · Weiner, AR
- Destination
- 8M2 · Weiner, AR
- Airport
- 8M2 · Sally Wofford Airport, runway 17, 2,330 × 160 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Angle of attack indicator
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 12, 2022
- Seat
- Single
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 16,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 16,000 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Observed at
- KM19, 13 nm away
- METAR
- KM19 271927Z AUTO 34009KT 10SM FEW028 20/13 A2997 RMK AO2
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 7, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.4 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.