# NTSB Accident FTW98LA383
> **Air Tractor AT-502B** · 1998-09-02 · PORTALES, NM, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW98LA383
- **Event ID:** 20001211X11050
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-09-02
- **Location:** PORTALES, NM, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.179359, -103.340087
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Air Tractor
- **Model:** AT-502B
- **Registration:** N50620
- **FAR Part:** 137
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude/clearance during an aerial application.  Also causal was the inadvertent ground loop/swerve during the landing.

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