# Incident 20000708035519I: Airtrc AT402, Hereford, TX, July 8, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2000, 07:30 local time
- Place: Hereford, TX
- Airport: Hereford Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: TPRG
- Location: 34.8607° N, 102.3259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HEREFORD MUNI (HRX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8607&lon=-102.3259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N402Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N402Z-2005-05-27) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 8,400 total, 500 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000708035519I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING AERIAL APPLICATION TO CHEMICALS TO A COTTON FIELD APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES SOUTH OF HEREFORD TX, AND ONE MILE NORTHEAST OF US HWY 385, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A VERTICAL WATER STAND PIPE (USED FOR WATER VENTING IRRIGATION SYSTEM).  DURING CLIMB OUT AFTER AERIAL APPLICATION THIS AIRCRAFT STUCK THE STAND PIPE AND THE PILOT ATTEMPED TO RETURN TO HRX AIRPORT, BUT HAD TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING IN A COTTON FIELD APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILES SOUTH OF HEREFORD, TEXAS, AND TWO MILES NORHTEAST OF US HWY 385.  THE FORCED LANDING OCCURED TWO MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE IMPACT POINT WITH THE STAND PIPE, JUST NORTHEAST OF US HWY 385.  INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE CENTER WING PANEL ON THE RIGHT HAND WING.  ALSO INSPECTED THE FORWARD AND AFT WING SPARS, WING ATTACHMENT FITTINGS AND NO DAMAGE APPARENT.  OWNER/OPERATOR WILL REMOVE THE DAMAGED WING AND SENT IT TO THE MANUFACTURE FOR REPAIRS AND INSPECTION.

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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