# Accident 19961031033119A: Airtrc AT502, Throckmorton, TX, October 31, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1996, 16:00 local time
- Place: Throckmorton, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.1821° N, 99.1798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Throckmorton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1821&lon=-99.1798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4549Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4549Z-1997-03-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,280 total, 4,323 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961031033119A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK HIGHLINE WIRE ON PULLUP FROM SPRAY RUN. LANDED. NOSED OVER. BURNED. (-23) PILOT WAS COMING OUT OF A PASS OVER FIELD AND ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB, WHEN THE PROP AND RUDDER MADE CONTACT WITH HIGHLINE WIRE CAUSING PILOT TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN FIELD AND FLIPPED OVER ON BACK AND WAS DESTROYED. A/C BURNED UPON CRASHED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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