What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: Mr. Hoeffner was spraying two pastures located across the road from each other and separated by a powerline. He was climbing over the powerline on each pass. On the sixth pass, he had started the climb when his engine began to run rough. In his distraction, he had lost just enough altitude so that his front landing gear made contact with the top wire of the powerline. The downed powerline ignited a small grass fire which self extinguished. The fire department was called as a precaution. Upon landing, the aircraft fuel tanks were re-drained. Minor contamination was found. The aircraft had been fueled from an almost empty portable fuel tank used for remote fields. It was the first time for its use this season.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: MR. HOEFFNER WAS SPRAYING TWO PASTURES LOCATED ACROSS THE ROAD FROM EACH OTHER AND SEPARATED BY A POWERLINE. HE WAS CLIMBING OVER THE POWERLINE ON EACH PASS. ON THE SIXTH PASS, HE HAD STARTED THE CLIMB WHEN HIS ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. IN HIS DISTRACTION, HE HAD LOST JUST ENOUGH ALTITUDE SO THAT HIS FRONT LANDING GEAR MADE CONTACT WITH THE TOP WIRE OF THE POWERLINE. THE DOWNED POWERLINE IGNITED A SMALL GRASS FIRE WHICH SELF EXTINGUISHED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AS A PRECAUTION. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS WERE RE-DRAINED. MINOR CONTAMINATION WAS FOUND. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FUELED FROM AN ALMOST EMPTY PORTABLE FUEL TANK USED FOR REMOTE FIELDS. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME FOR ITS USE THIS SEASON.
Other reports on N4549E · 2
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