- Date
- June 14, 2022, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Beaumont, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N42590Air Tractor AT-602
- 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
- Case key
- 105263
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a power line pole while preparing for a low-level aerial application pass.
Findings · 1
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 the airplane to set a starting line for aerial application to a field, the airplane’s right main landing gear struck a power line pole. The pilot immediately returned to the airport. Upon landing, the left main landing gear collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and right wing. The pilot did not report any preaccident failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42590
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-602
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 602-1181
- Built
- 2009
- Airframe hours
- 6,000
- Engine
- Pratt and Whitney Canada PT6A-60AG, 1,050 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Twin County Air-Ag Inc
- Registered owner
- Twin County Air-Ag Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 24, 2022
- Departed
- WNE · Winnie, TX
- Destination
- N/A · None, TX
- Airport
- T90 · Winnie Stowell, runway 17, 3,600 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, ADS-B
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
- 75
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 26, 2020
- Seat
- Single
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 24,000 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 23,500 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- KBMT, 5 nm away
- METAR
- KBMT 141630Z AUTO 30005KT 10SM CLR 33/23 A3009 RMK AO2 T03300228
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 1, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.8 MB in all.
Other investigations on N42590 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.