Air Tractor AT-402A N45472

Summary

On 1 October 2024 at about 16:20 local time, a Air Tractor AT-402A registered N45472, operated by Hookin A Ag Inc, was involved in an accident near Moffett, Oklahoma, 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

1 October 2024 at 16:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Moffett, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Private strip (NA)

Coordinates

35.3904, -94.4381

Aircraft

Air Tractor AT-402A

Registration

N45472

Category

Airplane

Year built

1991

Engines

1

Operator

Hookin A Ag Inc

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN25LA002

Nobody was injured.

The tail wheel assembly’s fractured bolt which resulted in the pilot’s loss of directional control during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During the landing roll on a dirt strip, the pilot felt the airplane’s tail section “bottom out”. The pilot lost rudder control, and the airplane veered off the strip into vegetation and ground looped. During the ground loop, the left wing struck the ground, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing and aileron. A postaccident examination of the airplane found that one of the bolts which secured the tail wheel spring to the tail wheel housing assembly had fractured. The pilot did not submit the National Transportation Safety Board Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report Form 6120.1.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.