# Incident 20051015025489I: Airtrc AT502B, Slayton, TX, October 15, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2005, 13:53 local time
- Place: Slayton, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: E7OG
- Aircraft: N61315, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61315) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 150 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/20051015025489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN SURVEYED FIELD FOR OBSTRUCTIONS AND COMMENCED SPRAY OPERATIONS. ON THE FIRST PASS, HE DID NOT SEE A SMALL ELECTRIC WIRE FROM THE LAST POLE RUNNING DOWN TO AN IRRIGATION PUMP ROTOR, AND STRUCK THE ELECTRIC LINE WITH THE WING TIP, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. AIRMAN DEPARTED FIELD AND PROCEEDED TO SLAYTON AIRPORT WHERE HE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N61315 (1)

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

- [Accident 20200710016559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200710016559A), Jul 10, 2020: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B (N61315), Dalhart, TX, Substantial damage. Dalhart, TX: N61315, AT-502B, aircraft finished aerial application and was returning to base, when engine surged and propeller feathered. Pilot made a forced…

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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