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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-502B · Pollard, AR · June 3, 2010

Date
June 3, 2010 · 17:00 local
Place
Pollard, AR
Airport
Flanigan Airstrip
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
UJLG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6083G
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-502B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
14,421 total3,000 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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On June 3, 2010, 1700 local, AT-502B, N6083G, serial # 502B-0284, was conducting aerial application operations near Flanigan Airstrip 3 miles northwest of Pollard, Arkansas. Air temperature was about 85 degrees and winds were calm. The aircraft had just loaded 2800 lbs of fertilizer and was on it's third application run when the engine quit. The aircraft was heading 355 degrees when it contacted and severed tandem powerlines 30 feet above the ground, the powerlines paralled county road 321. 150 feet after contacting the powerlines the aircraft impacted the cornfield coming to rest in an 80 degree heading about 350 feet from the powerlines. The crash site was 600 feet northwest of the intersection of county road 321 and county road 339. The wings were canted with the left wing tip 7 feet off the ground and the right wing tip on the ground. The tail section was partially severed from the fuselage. The horizontal stablizer and rudder were intact and positioned along the 275/95 degree axis. Both wings, fuselage, and landing gear sustained substantial damage and the prop blade tips were slightly curved backwards. Flight control surface continuity was confirmed. There was no presence of fuel on the ground and there was no post impact fire. The commercial rated pilot was not injured. The flight was being conducted under the provisions of title 14 code of federal regulations part 137 agricultural aerial application under visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was filed.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 3, 2010, 1700 LOCAL, AT-502B, N6083G, SERIAL # 502B-0284, WAS CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATIONS NEAR FLANIGAN AIRSTRIP 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF POLLARD, ARKANSAS. AIR TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 85 DEGREES AND WINDS WERE CALM. THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST LOADED 2800 LBS OF FERTILIZER AND WAS ON IT'S THIRD APPLICATION RUN WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEADING 355 DEGREES WHEN IT CONTACTED AND SEVERED TANDEM POWERLINES 30 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, THE POWERLINES PARALLED COUNTY ROAD 321. 150 FEET AFTER CONTACTING THE POWERLINES THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE CORNFIELD COMING TO REST IN AN 80 DEGREE HEADING ABOUT 350 FEET FROM THE POWERLINES. THE CRASH SITE WAS 600 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 321 AND COUNTY ROAD 339. THE WINGS WERE CANTED WITH THE LEFT WING TIP 7 FEET OFF THE GROUND AND THE RIGHT WING TIP ON THE GROUND. THE TAIL SECTION WAS PARTIALLY SEVERED FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE HORIZONTAL STABLIZER AND RUDDER WERE INTACT AND POSITIONED ALONG THE 275/95 DEGREE AXIS. BOTH WINGS, FUSELAGE, AND LANDING GEAR SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PROP BLADE TIPS WERE SLIGHTLY CURVED BACKWARDS. FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACE CONTINUITY WAS CONFIRMED. THERE WAS NO PRESENCE OF FUEL ON THE GROUND AND THERE WAS NO POST IMPACT FIRE. THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 137 AGRICULTURAL AERIAL APPLICATION UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.