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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Air Tractor AT-802A · Kearney, NE · June 4, 2013

Date
June 4, 2013 · 17:16 local
Place
Kearney, NE
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
9WVG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N503FA
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-802A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65AG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total200 in this make and model53 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.

On June 4, 2013 at 5:16 CDT an Air tractor 802A, registration number N503FA, serial number 802A-0503 contacted power lines at the end of a field. The pilot followed procedures and dumped the chemical load on to a pasture. The aircraft then returned to the operator's private landing strip. The aircraft landed without incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 4, 2013 AT 5:16 CDT AN AIR TRACTOR 802A, REGISTRATION NUMBER N503FA, SERIAL NUMBER 802A-0503 CONTACTED POWER LINES AT THE END OF A FIELD. THE PILOT FOLLOWED PROCEDURES AND DUMPED THE CHEMICAL LOAD ON TO A PASTURE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN RETURNED TO THE OPERATOR'S PRIVATE LANDING STRIP. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.