# Accident 20070529010809A: Airtrc AT502B, Robstown, TX, May 29, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2007, 17:24 local time
- Place: Robstown, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: YNUG
- Location: 27.8014° N, 97.8050° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8014&lon=-97.8050&mi=10
- Aircraft: N502DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N502DB-2013-08-15) (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
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A34AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,223 total, 11,000 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07CA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070529010809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATIONS, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO SETS OF POWER LINES. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STRUCK THE POWER LINES WITH THE VERTICAL STABILIZER OF AIR TRACTOR, N502DB, CUTTING OFF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED IN THE CRASH, BUT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS NOT INJURED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW07CA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA123), May 29, 2007: Air Tractor AT-502B (N502DB), Banquete, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the power transmission line(s). A contributing factor was the low altitude selected by the pilot.

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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