# Accident 20071109825189A: Airtrc AT502, Loupe City, NE, November 9, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2007, 12:00 local time
- Place: Loupe City, NE
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DLOG
- Location: 41.1436° N, 102.1022° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1436&lon=-102.1022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9192X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9192X-2013-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT502
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,507 total, 205 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071109825189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 9, 2007 AT ABOUT 12:00 LOCAL TIME THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A COMMERCIAL PILOT, WAS OPERATING N9192X AN AIR TRACTOR INC. AT-502 FOR CERTIFICATE HOLDER DLOG, DBA MILLER FLYING SERVICE INC. AN AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT OPERATOR. WHILE SPRAYING PASTURE THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWER LINES. THE POWER LINES WERE SHEARED OFF WHEN THEY BECAME ENTANGLED WITH THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED BY THE TRAILING WIRES AND STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND MINOR BRUISES TO THE PILOT. THE CROWN OF THE NEAREST SUPPORT TOWER WAS BROKEN OFF DURING THE ACCIDENT AND A SMALL GRASS FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED NEAR THE BASE OF THAT TOWER.

## 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 CHI08CA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA043), Nov 9, 2007: Air Tractor AT-502 (N9192X), Loop City, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The obstruction clearance not maintained by the pilot during an aerial application of a field and the subsequent hard landing onto the field. Contributing factors were the power line and rough/uneven…

## Other reports on N9192X (1)

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

- [Incident 19990717033179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990717033179I), Jul 17, 1999: Airtrc AT502 (N9192X), Mohave Valley, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was conducting aerial application operations when aircraft began losing oil pressure. Pilot made forced landing in alfalfa field. Aircraft…

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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