# NTSB ERA26LA337: Air Tractor AT-602, N686LA, Morven, GA, September 13, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: September 13, 2026, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Morven, GA · 470 BCT Gin Road Quipman Georgia
- Coordinates: 30.891407, -83.483651
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8914&lon=-83.4837&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203800
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA26LA337
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203800/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA337

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901) (defining event); cases with it: [Air Tractor AT-602, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901/sequence.md?model=0390309), [All aircraft, 253 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [Air Tractor AT-602, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=0390309), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Air Tractor AT-602, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=0390309), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N686LA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N686LA), registered now, S/N 602-1186 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602
- Registry model: [Air Tractor AT-602](https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-602) (registry code 0390309) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60AG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60ag) (registry code 52101, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 602-1186
- Airframe hours: 6200
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Ford Flying Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, December 24, 2025, 600 hours before
- Departed: PVT, Doerun, GA
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: PVT, Dewitt Flying Service Strip, runway 27, 3,500 × 100 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.02 inHg
- Observed at: VLD, 12 nm away
- METAR: METAR KVLD 131653Z 02007KT 10SM SCT033 31/23 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP172 T03110228

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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