# Incident 20020704015609I: Airtrc AT301, Idahofalls, ID, July 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2002, 07:30 local time
- Place: Idahofalls, ID
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: HNBG
- Location: 43.4896° N, 112.0353° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Idaho Falls, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4896&lon=-112.0353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3165A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3165A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-301 (registry code 0390103, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT301
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020704015609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS CONDUCTING SPRAY OPERATIONS FLYING UNDER POWERLINES. PILOT FORGOT ABOUT THE EXISTANCE OF THIS PARTICULAR SET OF LINES. FLEW UNDER THEM AND MISJUDGED HIS HEIGHT CONTACTING THE WIRE STRIKE PROTECTION BAR ON THE CANOPY WITH THE WIRE. THE WIRE RAN BACK THE WIRE STRIKE PROTECTION CABLE BUT DENTED THE UPPER LEADING EDGE OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES DEEP.

## Other reports on N3165A (1)

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

- [Accident 19920807029779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920807029779A), Aug 7, 1992: Airtrc AT301 (N3165A), Redwood, MS, Substantial damage. Engine lost power on spray run. Flipped over on forced landing. NR3 cylinder and exhaust valve housing cracked.

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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