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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Air Tractor AT-502 · Evansville, MN · August 25, 2013

Date: August 25, 2013 · 07:45 local
Place: Evansville, MN
Phase of flight: Maneuver
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: PVGG
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1519U
Reported as: Air Tractor AT-502
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 17,000 total976 in this make and model269 in the last 90 days

N1519URegistration cancelled Dec 26, 2023 · Air Tractor AT-502S/N 502-0154 · Built 1991 Airframe modelAir Tractor AT-502 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60ATurbo-prop

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What happened

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

Pilot stated that he was accomplishing aerial application of a field from west to east along the south edge of a field. He stated he was concentrating on the wires at the south edge of the field, since he was close to them. As he was finishing his first pass and was pulling up he saw the wires in front of him at the east edge of the field. He was able to climb enough so that he struck the wires with just the landing gear right above the main wheels. Both wires broke upon impact with the landing gear. The pilot determined that the aircraft appeared to be undamaged, so he completed spraying the field and then returned to elbow lake, MN airport (Y63) and landed without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ACCOMPLISHING AERIAL APPLICATION OF A FIELD FROM WEST TO EAST ALONG THE SOUTH EDGE OF A FIELD. HE STATED HE WAS CONCENTRATING ON THE WIRES AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE FIELD, SINCE HE WAS CLOSE TO THEM. AS HE WAS FINISHING HIS FIRST PASS AND WAS PULLING UP HE SAW THE WIRES IN FRONT OF HIM AT THE EAST EDGE OF THE FIELD. HE WAS ABLE TO CLIMB ENOUGH SO THAT HE STRUCK THE WIRES WITH JUST THE LANDING GEAR RIGHT ABOVE THE MAIN WHEELS. BOTH WIRES BROKE UPON IMPACT WITH THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE UNDAMAGED, SO HE COMPLETED SPRAYING THE FIELD AND THEN RETURNED TO ELBOW LAKE, MN AIRPORT (Y63) AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

Other reports on N1519U · 2

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

Accident 20210804014189AManeuver · Wooster, OHPilot was spraying field and maneuvering above roadway powerlines and below the high-tension powerlines. During a manuever below high tension powerlines, pilot reported hearing a loud pop, aircraft pitched nose-up and started to fishtail and loss of rudder…Aug 4, 2021 · Destroyed Accident 20080427832069ANormal Cruise · Dayton, WA(-23) On 4-27-2008 at approximately 0830 local time the pilot [privacy data omitted] was acting as pilot in command of N1519U, an air tractor AT-502 operated by beck's spray service. The pilot [privacy data omitted] departed the airport (a private field, west…Apr 27, 2008 · Substantial damage