NTSB CAROL · Event
Event LAX81FVA59
Registry · N2039Y
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AIR TRACTOR INC AT-802A
Year of manufacture
2011
Engine
P&W CANADA PT6A-65AG (1300 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20110415
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A1A0D2
Registrant of record
DELTA DUSTERS LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
BEECH 58 · N2039Y
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
FRESNO AIR TERM.
Kind of flying
B3
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
320° / 5 kt
Temp
92° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000TH-980
Total time
1,058 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
3,972
Age
30
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
STRIP.REMAINED AIRBORNE,RTND TO FRESNO.
Investigator remarks
L MAIN GEAR STRUCK 3FT STAND PIPE AT END OF PVT
Cause factors
- 64/C/15 C PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause
- 88/B/DG B MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP
- 80/L/BE L AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS
- 80/L/BK L AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 2372.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_2372.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
Beyond the agency record
Search this event elsewhere.
Pre-filled searches into the sources where news + community discussion of aviation events lives. External sources are reported, not agency. Treat them as signal that something happened, not as fact about what happened.
Entity-clustered aviation events in the press — last 24 hr + 30-day archive.
Official agency record + docket.
Investigative docket: factual reports, photos, transcripts.
Long-running aviation incident database (Flight Safety Foundation).
Community NTSB synthesis blog — often has photos and witness reports.
Gold-standard aviation incident blog.
Aviation industry news search.
GA pilot forum — informed but rumor-prone.
GA pilot subreddit search.
Tail-number page — flight history (free tier limited).
AOPA Air Safety Institute search.
Mainstream press coverage. Recent events only.
Privacy-preserving news search.
External links open in a new tab. We don't ingest their content; we deep-link search queries.
Related research
What the literature says.
Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.
- NASA NTRS 2011 · Conference Paper
Joint thunderstorm operations using the NASA F-106B and FAATC/AFWAL Convair 580 airplanes
During the 1985 thunderstorm season, three joint thunderstorm research flights were conducted within 100 n.mi. of NASA Langley by the NASA Storm Hazards F-106B and the FAA/USAF CV-580 research airplan…
- NTSB Aircraft Accident Reports 2004 · Accident report
In-Flight Separation of Vertical Stabilizer — American Airlines Flight 587
American Airlines 587 (A300-605R) Belle Harbor, NY, November 12, 2001 — 265 fatalities. Investigation of the post-takeoff in-flight breakup of American 587 over Belle Harbor.
- NASA NTRS 2024 · Presentation
American Airlines Flight 587 Crash Investigation: NASA Langley Research Center Participation and Perspective
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Other
Documentation for Three Wake Vortex Model Data Sets from Simulation of Flight 587 Wake Vortex Encounter Accident Case
This document contains a general description for data sets of a wake vortex system in a turbulent environment. The turbulence and thermal stratification of the environment are representative of the co…
- NASA NTRS 2016 · Conference Paper
An overview of SAE ARP 1587: Aircraft gas turbine engine monitoring system guide
A systematic approach to developing an engine monitoring system (EMS) is outlined. An extensive shopping list of EMS capabilities and benefits are included.
- arXiv 2025 · arXiv preprint
Numerical Investigation of Discontinuous Ice Effects on Swept Wings
This study investigates the aerodynamic performance and flow structures of infinite swept wings with artificially simulated discontinuous ice using an enhanced delayed detached-eddy simulation.
Browse the full corpus — academia portal ↗