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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Air Tractor AT-502B · Palacios, TX · July 22, 2012

Date
July 22, 2012 · 11:00 local
Place
Palacios, TX
Airport
Kubecka Aviation Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
JWEG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1502B
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-502B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
30,000 total20,635 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While landing at the company's private ag strip (3XS1) for the third time that day, the pilot stated that he landed slightly left of center on the grass runway #32. During the roll out, the left wing spray boom contacted the un-mowed tall grass. The aircraft was pulled to the left and into a small drainage ditch. The aircraft nosed over and the propeller made contact with the ground. No injuries to the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE LANDING AT THE COMPANY'S PRIVATE AG STRIP (3XS1) FOR THE THIRD TIME THAT DAY, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED SLIGHTLY LEFT OF CENTER ON THE GRASS RUNWAY #32. DURING THE ROLL OUT, THE LEFT WING SPRAY BOOM CONTACTED THE UN-MOWED TALL GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PULLED TO THE LEFT AND INTO A SMALL DRAINAGE DITCH. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND THE PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.