# Accident 20000927013989A: Airtrc AT602, Rock Island, WA, September 27, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2000, 14:30 local time
- Place: Rock Island, WA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: PXSG
- Location: 47.3097° N, 120.0810° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3097&lon=-120.0810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5111A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5111A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-602 (registry code 0390309, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 series (registry code 52118, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-66-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT602
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA00LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000927013989A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C STRUCK STATIC WIRE OF HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LINES DURING AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATIONS. PILOT WAS CONDUCTING PULLUP MANUEVER AFTER SWATH RUN WHEN LINE WAS ENCOUNTERED. PILOT INDICATED THAT HE DID OVERFLY AND REVIEW THE AREA PRIOR TO APPLICATION OPERATIONS FOR THIS FIELD BUT DID NOT SEE THIS WIRE. WIRE STRICK DAMAGE WAS PRIMARILY TO THE PROPELLOR, WHICH IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED THE PITCH CHANGE MECHANISM FOR AT LEAST ONE BLADE. THIS RESULTED IN A SEVERE VIBRATION AAND LOSS OF OIL THROUGH THE PROPELLOR HUB. AS PILOT WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO GENERATE SAFE THRUST THROUGH THE PROPELLOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS AFFECTED, RESULTING IN THE EVENTUAL ENCOUNTER WITH MATURE ORCHARD TREES, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO A/C

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA00LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA192), Sep 27, 2000: Air Tractor AT-602 (N5111A), Columbia River, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Clearance from a transmission power line was not maintained. The power line was a factor.

## Other reports on N5111A (1)

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

- [Incident 20010601012539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010601012539I), Jun 1, 2001: Airtrc AT602 (N5111A), Trinidad, CO. (-23) During cruise the pilot noted fuel pressure dropped to zero and turned on the electric pump. However this caused more smoke to be observed coming out of…

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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