# Incident 19990518014549I: Airtrc AT401B, Penelope, TX, May 18, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1999, 13:50 local time
- Place: Penelope, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 31.8545° N, 96.9282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Penelope, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8545&lon=-96.9282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6106U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6106U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-401B (registry code 0390207, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-401b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT401B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 300 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990518014549I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 18, 1999, AT 1350 AN AIR TRACTOR, ST-401B, REGISTRATION NUMBER N6106U, OPERATED BY MR. GUY TAYLOR, WAS INVOLVED IN ANY INCIDENT JUST FORTH OF PENELOPE, TEXAS, WHILE APPROCHING A FIELD TO SPRAY INPACED A POWER WIRE. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS WAS A PART 137 AERIAL APPLICATION WITH VMC FLIGHT CONDITIONS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HILLSBORO TEXAS.

## Other reports on N6106U (1)

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

- [Accident 20230615008099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230615008099A), Jun 15, 2023: Air Tractor Inc AT-401B (N6106U), Holyoke, CO, Substantial damage. Upon landing on runway 32 Holyoke municipal airport, (heq), Holyoke, CO, [privacy data omitted] an Air tractor AT-401B ground looped. There were no injuries.…

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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