# Accident 20100610035199A: Air Tractor AT-402B, Alcolu, SC, June 10, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2010, 17:25 local time
- Place: Alcolu, SC
- Airport: Santee Cooper Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: W3XG
- Location: 33.8556° N, 80.2072° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8556&lon=-80.2072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5085Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5085Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-402B (registry code 0390208, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-402b) (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-402B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13,996 total, 4,850 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA309) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100610035199A

## Narrative

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

APPROXIMATELY 1725  LOCAL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS SPRAYING FUNGICIDE ON A CORN FIELD NEAR ALCOLU, SC. WHILE SPRAYING, HE MADE A TURN, BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO  WINGS LEVEL AND SAW A DEAD TREE IN FRONT OF HIM. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE TREE, THE PILOT DUMPED ABOUT 40-50 GALS OF FUNGICIDE ON A WOODED AREA AND THEN LANDED IN THE CORN FIELD. MINOR INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR IS TORN OFF AND THE RIGHT WING HAS MAJOR DAMAGE.

## 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 ERA10CA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA309), Jun 10, 2010: Air Tractor AT-402B (N5085Q), Alcolu, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a tree. Contributing to the accident was the sunglare.

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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