- Date
- May 19, 1995, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mcgehee, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N4536QAir Tractor AT-502
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950519012059A
- Case key
- 19424
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The ground service person's lack of attention and failure to remain clear of the turning propeller.
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
The aircraft was parked in the chemical loading area, and was unoccupied with the engine running. Subsequently, a ground crew member, who was loading chemicals, walked into the turning propeller and received fatal injuries.
Factual narrative
On May 19, 1995, at 1500 central daylight time, a ground crew member was fatally injured when he walked into a turning propeller at McGehee, Arkansas. The aircraft, which was not damaged, was an Air Tractor AT502, N4536Q, operating under 14 CFR Part 137. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed.
At the time of the accident, the engine was running and the aircraft was unoccupied. The ground crew member was loading chemicals and walked into the turning propeller.
The experience level, qualifications, and training of the ground crew member is unknown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4536Q
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-502
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 502-0106
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- P&W PT6-15, 680 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Dale Bailey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 12, 1995 · 136 hours before
- Departed
- 7M1
- Airport
- 7M1 · Mcgehee Municipal
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,896 total · 2,400 in this make and model · 6,840 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 90 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.