At 13:30 central time, an Air Tractor AT-502 and a Schweizer G-164B, both agricultural airplanes, collided in flight while landing at a private airstrip near Deerpark. The Air Tractor pilot suffered minor injuries and the Schweizer pilot was not injured. The Air Tractor was on a straight-in approach for landing north at the private airstrip and the Schweizer was inbound from the west for a north landing. The Schweizers propeller struck the top of the Air Tractors fuselage, aft of the cockpit when they were about 60 feet agl. Both airplanes struck the ground together about a quarter-mile short of the runway.
Aug. 15, Deerpark, La. / Air Tractor AT-502 and Schweizer G-164B
At 13:30 central time, an Air Tractor AT-502 and a Schweizer G-164B, both agricultural airplanes, collided in flight while landing at a private airstrip near Deerpark. The Air Tractor pilot suffered minor injuries and the Schweizer pilot was not injured. The Air Tractor was on a straight-in approach for landing north at the private airstrip and the Schweizer was inbound from the west for a north landing. The Schweizers propeller struck the top of the Air Tractors fuselage, aft of the cockpit when they were about 60 feet agl. Both airplanes struck the ground together about a quarter-mile short of the runway....
Key Takeaways:
- Two agricultural airplanes, an Air Tractor AT-502 and a Schweizer G-164B, collided in flight near Deerpark while on landing approaches to a private airstrip.
- The collision occurred at approximately 60 feet above ground level when the Schweizer's propeller struck the Air Tractor's fuselage, causing both planes to crash a quarter-mile short of the runway.
- One pilot sustained minor injuries, while the other pilot involved in the incident was uninjured.
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