# Accident 20120814016979A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502, Hanley Falls, MN, August 14, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2012, 16:10 local time
- Place: Hanley Falls, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ORWG
- Location: 44.7028° N, 95.7194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7028&lon=-95.7194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1021D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1021D-2020-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13,840 total, 7,500 in this make and model, 310 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA546](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA546) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120814016979A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS MAKING HIS 3RD PASS ON THE FIELD, BUT THE FIRST PASS GOING NORTH TO SOUTH ALONG POWERLINES.  PILOT WAS LINING UP TO MAKE HIS PASS WHEN HE SPOTTED A GUY-WIRE AND ATTEMPTED TO PULL UP.THE LEFT WING IMPACTED THE GUY-WIRE AND SEVERED BOTH THE WING AND THE GUY-WIRE.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN ROLLED UPWARDS AND BECAME ENTANGLED IN A HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINE.THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST APPROXIMATELY 400FT FROM THE INITIAL GUY-WIRE IMPACT.  THE AIRCRAFT HOPPER AND INSTRUMENT PANEL WERE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRFRAME AND ORIENTED NORTH.  THE REMAINDER OF THE COCKPIT, FUSELAGE, AND RIGHT WING WERE ORIENTED SOUTH AND WERE INVERTED.

## 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 CEN12CA546](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA546), Aug 14, 2012: Air Tractor AT-502 (N1021D), Hanley Falls, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a guy wire during an agricultural application pass.

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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