# Accident 20110813022059A: Air Tractor Inc AT-402, Uvalde, TX, August 13, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2011, 10:15 local time
- Place: Uvalde, TX
- Airport: Uvalde
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: YKLG
- Location: 29.2067° N, 99.6150° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2067&lon=-99.6150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10119, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10119-2018-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-402 (registry code 0390205, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-402) (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-402
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 290 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11LA571](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA571) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110813022059A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 13, 2011, AN AIR-TRACTOR MODEL  AT 402, SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE CRASHED LANDED NORTH ON HWY 117 NEAR UVALDE, TX.  PIC REPORTED OF CONDUCING PART 137 FLIGHT OPERATIONS, WHEN PIC EXPERIENCED ENGINE POWER LOSS THEN AN ACCELERATED STALL WHILE FLYING AT 500 AGL.  THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING STRUCK A POWER LINE WIRE, SUBSEQUENTLY THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED AND STRUCK THE GROUND INVERTED IN ITS FINAL POSITION.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED POST IMPACT.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM UVALDE, TX. AIRPORT (KUVA).  PIC RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, NO FIRE WAS PRESENT.

## 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 CEN11LA571](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA571), Aug 13, 2011: Air Tractor AT-402 (N10119), Uvalde, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering to avoid power lines during a precautionary landing, which resulted an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the fluctuating…

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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