- Date
- July 22, 2025, 13:22 local (18:22 UTC)
- Place
- Centralia, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1534DAir Tractor AT-402A
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 2025
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration, Kansas City FSDO, Transporation Safety Board of Canada
- FAA report
- 20250722021349A
- Case key
- 200609
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 power lines during low-level maneuvering.
Findings · 2
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 of the agricultural airplane stated that he did not remember many of the details leading to the accident. He stated that the accident flight occurred at midday; and therefore, he had flown other flights earlier. He stated that he remembered the airplane struck power lines estimated to be about 50 ft in height but did not recall any airplane performance parameters. The airplane impacted terrain and sustained substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. The pilot stated there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1534D
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-402A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402A-0855
- Built
- 1992
- Airframe hours
- 10,065.7
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney PT6-15AG, 680 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Edge Aviation LLC
- Registered owner
- Edge Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 1, 2025
- Departed
- MBY · Moberly, MO
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system
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
- 31
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 27, 2024
- Seat
- Single
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 2,100 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.99 inHg
- Observed at
- MYJ, 15 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 9, 2025, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.8 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.