- Date
- February 12, 2026, 12:19 UTC
- Place
- Sulphur, LA · Runway 33
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Defining events
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Midair collisionLanding-flare/touchdown: Midair collision
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration - Baton Rouge FSDO
- FAA reports
- 20260212000862A20260212000872A
- Case key
- 202445
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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.
N254LA · Air Tractor AT-502A
N598LA · Air Tractor AT-502B
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N254LA
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-502A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 502A-3054
- Built
- 2016
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- O'Brien Flying Service
- Registered owner
- O'Brien Flying Service
- Departed
- UXL · Sulphur, LA
- Destination
- UXL · Sulphur, LA
- Airport
- UXL · Southland Field Airport, runway 33, 5,001 × 75 ft, asphalt
N254LARegistered now · Air Tractor AT-502AAirframe modelAir Tractor AT-502AEngine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140AG
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.
- Registration
- N598LA
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-502B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 502B-2598
- Built
- 2006
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- O'Brien Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Susan E. Hebert Robertson
- Departed
- UXL · Sulphur, LA
- Destination
- UXL · Sulphur, LA
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.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Accident 20260212000862AAir Tractor AT-502A · Sulphur, LAAircraft was performing aerial application work near a non towered uncontrolled airport and was using airport to reload aircraft. Aircraft was returning unannounced to a non towered uncontrolled airport for resupply and while approaching runway to land, it…Accident 20260212000872AAir Tractor AT-502B · Sulphur, LAAircraft was performing aerial application work south of an non towered uncontrolled airport and was using airport to reload aircraft. Aircraft was returning unannounced to a non towered uncontrolled airport for resupply and was directly approaching runway to…
Other investigations on N254LA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.