# Accident 20100603034499A: Air Tractor AT-502B, Pollard, AR, June 3, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2010, 17:00 local time
- Place: Pollard, AR
- Airport: Flanigan Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: UJLG
- Location: 36.4296° N, 90.2672° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pollard, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4296&lon=-90.2672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6083G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6083G) (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: AIR TRACTOR AT-502B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 14,421 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100603034499A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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