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Incident

FAA incident report · Wthrly 620B · Britton, SD · June 17, 2006

Date
June 17, 2006 · 13:00 local
Place
Britton, SD
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
DAKG
Aircraft
N90036
Reported as
Wthrly 620B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total300 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On June 17, 2006, the pilot privacy data omitted was operating N90036, weatherly 620-B, near Britton, SD. Upon climbing from field/spray run, pilot was distracted by vehicle/or traffic on the road. The sun was in front of him and aided in obscuring power lines. Aircraft cut bottom of two wires. Pilot completed the 137 mission. No damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JUNE 17, 2006, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ WAS OPERATING N90036, WEATHERLY 620-B, NEAR BRITTON, SD. UPON CLIMBING FROM FIELD/SPRAY RUN, PILOT WAS DISTRACTED BY VEHICLE/OR TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD. THE SUN WAS IN FRONT OF HIM AND AIDED IN OBSCURING POWER LINES. AIRCRAFT CUT BOTTOM OF TWO WIRES. PILOT COMPLETED THE 137 MISSION. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.