Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
N/A Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Parsons, Tennessee 38363
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 15:00 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On August 20, 2014, about 1500 central daylight time, an Air Tractor AT-802A, N802BB, registered to Bonne Idee Aero Service Inc. and operated by Ag Air, LLC, was substantially damaged when it impacted trees and a bean field near Parsons, Tennessee. The commercial pilot was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the flight, which departed Beech River Regional Airport (PVE), Lexington-Parsons, Tennessee. The local aerial application flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137.
The debris path was located on flat terrain and began with an initial tree impact about 50 feet above ground level, was oriented on a 107 degree magnetic heading, and was approximately 340 feet in length. In the immediate vicinity of the initial tree strike was an impact separated propeller blade. Approximately 65 feet beyond the initial tree impact point, there was a 1-foot-deep, 5-foot-long crater in the field. There were several yellow paint chips located on the ground between the initial tree strike and the initial ground impact point. The main wreckage came to rest inverted on a heading of 208 degrees. An odor similar to aviation Jet A fuel was noted in the vicinity of the wreckage. The soy bean plants in the vicinity of the main wreckage exhibited blight along the plant leaves.
The airplane was impact fractured into multiple sections and pieces. All flight control surfaces were located throughout the debris field. Rudder and elevator control continuity was confirmed via the control cables from the cockpit to the respective flight control surfaces. Aileron continuity was confirmed from the control column, through push rods and bellcrank fractures, to the ailerons.
Examination of the engine revealed that the axial turbine blade tips exhibited smearing. The axial compressor disc outer rim and blade platforms exhibited circumferential rubbing. Several portions of the engine that encased the turbines exhibited rotational scoring.
The five propeller blades that were impact separated from the propeller hub were located along the debris path and exhibited torsional bending and chordwise scratching. In addition, several pieces of the impact tree were recovered that exhibited an approximate 45 degree angle cut and exhibited black paint transfer along the cuts.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/20/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 1500 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | Parsons |
| Event State | TENNESSEE |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 38363 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 354217N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0880843W |
| Event Location Airport | N/A |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | -- |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | -- |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 2153 Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 260 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KMKL |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 422 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 38 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | UTC |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 4600 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Few |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 33 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 23 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 230 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 7 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.97 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR KMKL 202153Z 23007KT 10SM FEW046 33/23 A2997 |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA Southern ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 15 2014 1:03PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N802BB |
| NTSB Number | ERA14FA399 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 137: Agricultural |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | AIR TRACTOR INC |
| Aircraft Model | AT-802A |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 802A-0079 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | -- |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | BONNE IDEE AERO SERVICE INC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | PO BOX 420 |
| Aircraft Owner City | MER ROUGE |
| Aircraft Owner State | LA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 712610420 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Ag Air, LLC |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | -- |
| Operator State | -- |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | -- |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Aerial Application |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | PVE |
| Departure City | Parsons |
| Departure State | TN |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | -- |
| Departure Time Zone | -- |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | PVE |
| Destination City | Parsons |
| Destination State | TN |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 15 2014 1:03PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | -- |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |