# NTSB Accident MIA03LA088
> **Air Tractor 502B** · 2003-04-08 · Belle Glade, FL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA03LA088
- **Event ID:** 20030414X00497
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-04-08
- **Location:** Belle Glade, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 26.700834, -80.662223
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Air Tractor
- **Model:** 502B
- **Registration:** N6037H
- **FAR Part:** 137
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAWN
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The failure of both pilots to use on-board communication radios to advise takeoff and landing intentions, the reduction of visibility of the pilot-in-command of N6037H due to sun glare during takeoff, and the poor in-flight planning by the pilot-in-command of N7318K, for his intentional landing downwind.

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