Air Tractor AT-802A N9190G
19 August 1999 · Elko, Nevada, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 19 August 1999 at about 22:00 local time, a Air Tractor AT-802A registered N9190G, operated by U.s. Dept of Interior, BLM, was involved in an accident near Elko, Nevada, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 22:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Elko, Nevada, United States
- Coordinates
- 40.9496, -115.7891
- Aircraft
- Air Tractor AT-802A
- Registration
- N9190G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- U.s. Dept of Interior, BLM
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Public Use
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX99TA274
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate terrain/obstacle clearance altitude margin while engaged in fire fighting operations.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was on a fire retardant application run. He successfully dropped half his load on the fire and went around for another run. On the second pass, the aircraft encountered a strong downdraft as it neared the release point and the pilot recovered at a low altitude. During this process, the left outer wing collided with the top of a juniper tree. The pilot returned to Elko and landed. The most outboard 4 feet of the wing leading edge was crushed aft with rib damage.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Air Tractor AT-802A accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 1999 | Air Tractor AT-802A | Lamesa, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 May 1999 | Air Tractor AT-802A | Poplar Bluff, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 May 2000 | Air Tractor AT-802A | Fort Stockton, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Nov 2001 | Air Tractor AT-802A | Benton, Louisiana, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 Aug 1997 | Air Tractor AT-802A | Pineland, Texas, United States | Mark E. Lane | No injuries | - |
| 14 Aug 2002 | Air Tractor AT-802A | Broomfield, Colorado, United States | U.S.D.A. Forest Service | Minor injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 1999 | Luhnau BD-5B | Boulder City, Nevada, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 6 May 1999 | Wsk Pzl Warzawa-Okecie PZL-104 WILGA 80 | Reno, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Jul 1999 | Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS 4DM | Minden, Nevada, United States | William S. Ivans | Fatal | 2 |
| 17 Jan 1999 | Abraham J G Ii/Erickson K ONE DESIGN | No Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Aug 1999 | Cessna 177 | Boulder City, Nevada, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jun 1999 | Ab Sportine Aviacija GENESIS 2 | Minden, Nevada, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |