# Incident 20110729020729I: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Marshalltown, IA, July 29, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2011, 15:30 local time
- Place: Marshalltown, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KTRG
- Location: 42.0343° N, 92.9063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marshalltown, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0343&lon=-92.9063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N602JK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N602JK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-602 (registry code 0390309, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60AG (registry code 52101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110729020729I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN WAS CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATION OF FUNGICIDE ON A CORNFIELD.  HE WAS COMPLETING HIS FINAL TRIM PASS, FLYING NORTH, WHEN HE STRUCK AND CUT THREE EAST WEST RUNNING ELECTRICAL WIRES, WHILE FLYING UNDER THE OTHER TWO THAT RAN ALONG THE NORTHERN PERIMETER OF THIS FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND AILERON, AS WELL AS THE SPRAY RIG.  THE AIRMAN RETURNED TO THE NEARBY MARSHALLTOWN AIRPORT AND EXECUTED A LANDING WITH A FLAT TIRE AND NO BRAKES.  THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY UNTIL IT WAS TOWED OFF.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH PART OF THE ELECTRICAL WIRE ATTACHED TO IT THAT WAS LATER REMOVED FROM THE AIRFRAME.

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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