- Date
- March 16, 1994, 06:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Moro, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9189YAir Tractor AT-502
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940316005579A
- Case key
- 19012
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance of power lines.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During spraying operations the aircraft struck a power line and descended uncontrolled to ground impact. The pilot was unable to recall what happened during the accident sequence due to his injuries.
Factual narrative
On March 16, 1994, at 0630 central standard time, an Air Tractor AT-502, N9189Y, was destroyed while maneuvering near Moro, Arkansas. The commercial pilot/owner/operator sustained serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the aerial application flight.
According to a witness interview conducted by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, while spraying a wheat field the aircraft contacted a power line and impacted the ground in a nearby field. The pilot has no memory of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9189Y
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-502
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 502-0225
- Airframe hours
- 219
- Engine
- P&W PT6-34AG, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Frost Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Frost, Jackie R
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- NONE · Marianna, AR
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 10,189 total · 3,046 in this make and model · 10,189 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGT, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.