Air Tractor AT-402B N41068

Summary

On 5 March 2021 at about 15:15 local time, a Air Tractor AT-402B registered N41068, operated by Inverness Air, INC, was involved in an accident near Moorhead, Mississippi, 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.

Date

5 March 2021 at 15:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Moorhead, Mississippi, United States

Coordinates

33.4517, -90.4930

Aircraft

Air Tractor AT-402B

Registration

N41068

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Inverness Air, INC

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Inverness → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN21LA148

Nobody was injured.

The pilot did not maintain clearance from a powerline during an aerial application flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, during an agricultural application flight, he started his spray pass from the north and traveled south and added that the sun was bright. During the pass, he avoided numerous obstacles, before he passed over a patch of woods. There was an east-west running powerline located about 100 yards out in the field that the pilot did not see until it was too late to avoid it. The airplane impacted the top of the wires and a pole and a part of a pole embedded itself into the left wing. The pilot was able to land the airplane without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.