# Incident 20130722013209I: Air Tractor Inc AT-402A, Perryton, TX, July 22, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2013, 07:30 local time
- Place: Perryton, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: TPMG
- Location: 36.3929° N, 100.7977° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Perryton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3929&lon=-100.7977&mi=10
- Aircraft: N402J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N402J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-402A (registry code 0390206, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-402a) (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-402A
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130722013209I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 22, 2013, AT 0730, AN AIR TRACTOR 402A AIRCRAFT, BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N402J, REGISTERED TO PERRYTON AVIATION INC.,  WAS SPRAYING A FIELD WHEN IT CLIPPED A FARM SPRINKLER.  THE WHEELS WERE TORN OFF OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS BELLY AT PERRYTON AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PART 137 FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM PERRYTON AIRPORT ON JULY 22, 2013 AT OR AROUND 0700.

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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