# Incident 20110717015139I: Air Tractor Inc AT-400, Congerville, IL, July 17, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2011, 09:45 local time
- Place: Congerville, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ZTCG
- Location: 40.6167° N, 89.2048° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Congerville, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6167&lon=-89.2048&mi=10
- Aircraft: N432WA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N432WA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-400 (registry code 0390202, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6 series (registry code 52033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-400
- Reported engine: P&W PT6 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110717015139I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN STATED THAT DURING A SWATH RUN HE MOMENTARILY BECAME DISTRACTED.  WHEN HE RETURNED HIS ATTENTION TO THE FLIGHT PATH HE REALIZED HE WAS RAPIDLY APPROACHING A UTILITY POLE AND ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB OVER IT. AIRMAN STATES HE CLIPPED THE TOP OF THE UTILITY POLE WITH THE PROPELLER AND RIGHT SPRAY BOOM.  HE THEN MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A NEARBY RESTRICTED LANDING AREA.  THE PROPELLER WAS MISSING APPROXIMATELY NINE INCHES FROM ONE BLADE AND THE RIGHT SPRAY BOOM HAD BEEN COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES.  AIRMAN STATED HE WAS PREVIOUSLY AWARE OF THE LOCATION OF THE UTILITY POLE.

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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