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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Ayres S-2R · Valley City, ND · August 3, 2006

Date
August 3, 2006 · 20:30 local
Place
Valley City, ND
Airport
Barnes County Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N44AH
Reported as
Ayres S2R
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,930 total74 in this make and model74 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) Pilot was making north to south application runs with power lines running transversely in middle of field. Pilot had just maneuvered to make an application run and in approach to the power lines, got too close and clipped power line with propeller and spray boom. Minor damage to propeller and negligible damage to spray boom. No other damage to aircraft. Power line was cut in half and required repair by local electric cooperative.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS MAKING NORTH TO SOUTH APPLICATION RUNS WITH POWER LINES RUNNING TRANSVERSELY IN MIDDLE OF FIELD. PILOT HAD JUST MANEUVERED TO MAKE AN APPLICATION RUN AND IN APPROACH TO THE POWER LINES, GOT TOO CLOSE AND CLIPPED POWER LINE WITH PROPELLER AND SPRAY BOOM. MINOR DAMAGE TO PROPELLER AND NEGLIGIBLE DAMAGE TO SPRAY BOOM. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. POWER LINE WAS CUT IN HALF AND REQUIRED REPAIR BY LOCAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE.