# Incident 20110801018269I: Thrush Aircraft Inc S2R-G10, Trutant, MI, August 1, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2011, 08:30 local time
- Place: Trutant, MI
- Airport: Lakewiew
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 9HEG
- Aircraft: N38HA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38HA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thrush S2R-G10 (registry code 8380315, https://openairdocs.org/model/thrush-s2r-g10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell TPE331-10 (registry code 33977, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-tpe331-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: THRUSH AIRCRAFT INC S2R-G10
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TPE331-10
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 38,125 total, 7,125 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110801018269I

## Narrative

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

WHILE APPLYING FUNGICIDE PRODUCT ON A FIELD, PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HOLDER OF COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STRUCK AN ELEVATED ELECTRICAL WIRE WITH MAIN LANDING GEAR. PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE AND REPORTED THE WIRE STRIKE.THE PILOT SAID HE WAS HEADED EAST WHILE SPRAYING AND HAD THE SUN IN HIS EYES AND DID NOT SEE THE WIRE, WHICH BROKE AFTER BEING STRUCK.

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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