Air Tractor AT-401B N60747
22 July 2002 · Pratt, Kansas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 22 July 2002 at about 15:40 local time, a Air Tractor AT-401B registered N60747 was involved in an accident near Pratt, Kansas, 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 15:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Pratt, Kansas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Pratt Industrial Airport (PTT)
- Coordinates
- 37.6405, -98.7306
- Aircraft
- Air Tractor AT-401B
- Registration
- N60747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 137: Agricultural
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial Application
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Pratt → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI02LA206
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance. A factor was low altitude flight.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The aerial application flight descended into the corn crops that the pilot was spraying before impacting the ground. The pilot was attempting to roundout and level the airplane at an altitude of 5-10 feet above the corn when he noticed the airplane settling into the corn. He then added power and pitched the nose up slightly, but the descent continued into the corn and terrain. No mechanical anomalies were noted that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Air Tractor AT-401B accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Nov 2001 | Air Tractor AT-401B | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jun 2000 | Air Tractor AT-401B | Thibodaux, Louisiana, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 4 Sep 2004 | Air Tractor AT-401B | Bainbridge, Georgia, United States | East River Flying Service LLC | Fatal | 1 |
| 31 Jul 1999 | Air Tractor AT-401B | Edelstein, Illinois, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 13 Aug 2014 | Air Tractor AT 401B | Cimarron, Kansas, United States | Erhart Aerial Spraying | Serious injuries | - |
| 18 Jul 2014 | Air Tractor AT 401B | Ellis, Kansas, United States | Frontier Agricultural Service Inc | Fatal | 1 |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jun 2002 | Piper PA-32R-300 | Beaumont, Kansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Jan 2002 | Cessna 441 | Winfield, Kansas, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 15 Aug 2002 | Lancair 320 | Iola, Kansas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 28 Jan 2002 | Beechcraft 23 | Salina, Kansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Nov 2002 | Piper PA-22-108 | Coffeyville, Kansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Nov 2002 | Woods VELOCITY | Claflin, Kansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |