# Incident 20010217002009I: Airtrc AT402, Tulare, CA, February 17, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2001, 10:15 local time
- Place: Tulare, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.2002° N, 119.3361° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulare, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2002&lon=-119.3361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9190V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9190V) (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: 12,900 total, 3,200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010217002009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 2/17/01 AT APPROX. 10:15 PST THE A/C STRUCK AN ELECTRICAL POWER LINE LOCATED AT 21777 RD 68 TULARE CA. THE POWER LINE WAS SEVERED AND THE A/C SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD JUST COMPLETED A FIELD AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPRAY THE FINAL EDGE WHEN HE MISJUDGED THE LOCATION OF THE POWERLINE.

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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