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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airtrc AT-401 · Kearney, NE · August 4, 1996

Date: August 4, 1996 · 15:30 local
Place: Kearney, NE
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: NPGG
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1522Z
Reported as: Airtrc AT401
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,530 total150 in this make and model

N1522ZRegistration cancelled Aug 3, 2016 · Air Tractor AT-401S/N 401-0841 · Built 1991 Airframe modelAir Tractor AT-401 Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: during aerial application, airplane struck wire causing minor damage to airplane and breaking the wire. Airplane lost two drop nozzles and two tail wheel springs, but continued spraying field and returned to airport without further problems. The broken wire caused at least two homes to be without power for about 2 hours. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING AERIAL APPLICATION, AIRPLANE STRUCK WIRE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRPLANE AND BREAKING THE WIRE. AIRPLANE LOST TWO DROP NOZZLES AND TWO TAIL WHEEL SPRINGS, BUT CONTINUED SPRAYING FIELD AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. THE BROKEN WIRE CAUSED AT LEAST TWO HOMES TO BE WITHOUT POWER FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.