# Incident 19950604018159I: Airtrc AT402, Taft, TX, June 4, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1995, 12:30 local time
- Place: Taft, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: EVUG
- Location: 27.9800° N, 97.3928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taft, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9800&lon=-97.3928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1036P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1036P-2003-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-402 (registry code 0390205, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT402
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,475 total, 1,475 in this make and model, 136 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950604018159I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED HUNTS AIRPORT AT APPROX. 12:00 TO SPRAY 6 FIELDS OF COTTON. ON THIRD FIELD AFTER ABOUT SIX SPRAY PASSES WERE MADE, PILOT FLEW UNDER A POWERLINE AND ATTEMPTED TO GO OVER ANOTHER SPRAY AREA. THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE FIRST POWERLINE, REMOVING THE RUDDER FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND DAMAGING THE VERTICAL FIN. DUE TO LOSS OF RUDDER CONTROL AND VERTICLE FIN DAMAGE, THE AIRCRAFT WANTED TO ROLL TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT STATES, BY HOLDING FULL RIGHT AILERON AND GRADUALLY REDUCING POWER, HE WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT SIDE UP UNTIL CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE GROUND TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A COTTON FIELD. DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT STRAIGHT FROM LOSS OF RUDDER CONTROL, THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND IN A 3 POINT ATTITUDE, TURNING LEFT. THIS PARTIAL GROUND LOOP DAMAGED THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR AND BOTH WING TIPS. NO DAMAGE TO ENGINE, PROP OR FUSELAGE. INSPECTION FINDINGS: THE PRIMARY AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE DID NOT INDICATE DEFORMITY NOR WELD JOINT SEPERATION INDICATED THROUGH FUSELAGE AND WING ATTACH POINTS. DAMAGED REPLACEABLE PARTS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH FACTORY SERVICABLE PARTS.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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