# Incident 20120609012309I: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, Carlisle, AR, June 9, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2012, 09:00 local time
- Place: Carlisle, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KQVG
- Location: 34.7954° N, 91.7405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carlisle, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7954&lon=-91.7405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40LA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-802A (registry code 0390308, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802a) (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-802A
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,058 total, 382 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120609012309I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 9, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 LOCAL AN AIR TRACTOR AT-802A REGISTRATION N40LA, SERIAL NUMBER 802A-0182, WAS CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATIONS NEAR CARLISLE, ARKANSAS, WHEN THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT WAS MANEUVERING FOR A CLEAN UP PASS OF THE FIELD WHEN HE FLEW THROUGH THE TURBULENCE OF HIS PREVIOUS PASS.  THE TURBULENCE CAUSED THE WINGS TO "BOBBLE" RESULTING IN THE RIGHT OUTER WING TO STRIKE THE TOP OF A TELEPHONE POLE.  NO INJURIES OCCURRED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE DURING THIS VISUAL FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 137.

## Other reports on N40LA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20200304001529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200304001529I), Mar 4, 2020: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A (N40LA), Mangham, LA, Minor damage. Pilot landed aircraft on wet/standing water dirt strip. After touchdown aircraft veered right of runway and came to a stop nosing over hitting the prop into…

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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