# NTSB WPR10WA036: Air Tractor AT-502, Narrogin, Australia, Australia, October 3, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 3, 2009, 11:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place: Narrogin, Australia, Australia
- Coordinates: -32.933334, 117.51667
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-32.9333&lon=117.5167&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74977
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR10WA036
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74977/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74977
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10WA036

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On October 3, 2009, at 1130 Western Standard Time, an Air Tractor AT-502, VH-ODP, operated by Agricair Pty Limited, as an agricultural flight collided with the ground while maneuvering 47 Km east northeast of Narrogin, Australia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The airplane was substantially damaged. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, was killed. The flight originated from Wikepin, Australia, at an unknown time. Australian investigators reported that the airplane took off from a paddock on a property to conduct agricultural spraying operations. A short time later, the owner of the property discovered the wreckage, which had impacted the ground in an inverted attitude. There were no witnesses to the accident. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB). This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by ATSB. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) P.O. Box 967, Civic Square Canberra, A.C.T. 2608 Australia Investigator-In-Charge: John Donnellan Phone: +61262747439 Fax: +61262746434

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-ODP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT-502
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Agricair Pty Limited
- Departed: Wikepin
- Destination: Wikepin
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 2, 2009, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74977. 12 KB in all.

- Document for Docket (item 1, .PDF, 12 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40320810&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Document%20for%20Docket-Master.PDF

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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