# Incident 20110614011289I: Air Tractor Inc AT-402A, Spearman, TX, June 14, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2011, 09:30 local time
- Place: Spearman, TX
- Airport: Spearman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: P88G
- Location: 36.2210° N, 101.1950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Spearman Municipal Airport (E42), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2210&lon=-101.1950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91266, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91266) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-402A (registry code 0390206, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-402a) (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 INC AT-402A
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 22 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110614011289I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 14, 2011, AT ABOUT 0915 CDT, THE PILOT STATED HE WAS MAKING A SPRAY RUN ACROSS A FIELD OF CORN.  AS HE RAISED UP TO GO OVER A SPRINKLE SYSTEM, HE FLEW INTO A DOWNDRAFT.  THE LEFT MAIN GEAR IMPACTED THE SPRINKLER PIPE SHEARING THE GEAR FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  HE IMMEDIATELY SMELLED JET FUEL AND RETURNED TO THE SPEARMAN AIRPORT (E42) WHERE HE LANDED WITH ONLY ONE MAIN GEAR.  UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT YAWED LEFT DUE TO THE MISSING WHEEL AND SLID TO A STOP FACING BACK FROM WHERE HE CAME.

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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