- Date
- June 3, 2026, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Breaux Bridge, LA · field
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N50050Air Tractor AT-602
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards
- FAA report
- 20260603005829A
- Case key
- 203116
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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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On June 3, 2026, about 1320 central daylight time, an Air Tractor AT-602 airplane, N50050, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 agricultural application flight. The pilot reported that the engine started normally and ran flawlessly for the initial portion of the 5-minute flight. The first indication of a problem was a short surge of engine power, followed shortly afterward by a second surge and an increase in engine temperature. The pilot retarded the power lever in response. Immediately afterward, the engine surged one more time with flames observed at the left exhaust. The engine then completely lost power and the pilot subsequently executed a forced landing to a field. The airplane remained upright with damage to the aft fuselage. Airframe and engine examinations are planned once the airplane is recovered from the accident site.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50050
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-602
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 602-0485
- Built
- 1998
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Tri-Air Farms LLC, doing business as Tri-Air Farms LLC
- Registered owner
- Mowata Farms LLC
- Departed
- PVT · Mamou, LA
- Destination
- PVT · Mamou, LA
- Airport
- LFT
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- KLFT, 9 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KLFT 031753Z VRB05KT 10SM FEW025 30/23 A3006
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.