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Aviation accident CEN16LA181
1 fatal · AIR TRACTOR INC AT 502 · 2016-05-14 · West, TX, USA
Event
- NTSB number
CEN16LA181- Event ID
20160516X95548- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 2016-05-14
- Location
- West, TX, USA
- Coordinates
- 31.840833, -97.074165
Injuries
- Highest injury
- FATL
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 0
- Minor
- 0
- Uninjured
- 0
- Total aboard
- 1
Aircraft
- Make
- AIR TRACTOR INC
- Model
- AT 502
- Registration
- N1546Z
- FAR Part
- 137
- Engines
- 1
- Damage
- DEST
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to see and avoid cellular tower guy wires. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to operate at low altitude.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown