# Incident 19990518005439I: Airtrc AT402, Holly Bluff, MS, May 18, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1999, 20:00 local time
- Place: Holly Bluff, MS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.8215° N, 90.7090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Holly Bluff, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8215&lon=-90.7090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9185K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9185K-2025-11-29) (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: 1,800 total, 100 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990518005439I

## Narrative

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

ACFT STRUCK POWER LINES DURING AERIAL APPLICATION, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD, THE WHEELS BECAME STUCK IN THE GROUND, AND THE ACFT ROLLED OVER, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23) DURING AERIAL APPLICATION, PILOT CAME OVER TOP OF TREES AND STRUCK POWER LINE, LOST PARTIAL POWER AND MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN FIELD, AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER IN SOFT DRY DIRT. NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N9185K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20240630006469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240630006469A), Jun 30, 2024: Air Tractor Inc AT-402 (N9185K), Leland, MS, Substantial damage. On the morning of June 30 2024, pilot of AT-402 was carrying loads of 350 gallons out of home strip. By late morning, temperature had reached upper 90'S. The…

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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