# Incident 20130825016059I: Air Tractor Inc AT-502, Evansville, MN, August 25, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2013, 07:45 local time
- Place: Evansville, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: PVGG
- Location: 46.0060° N, 95.6880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Evansville, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0060&lon=-95.6880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1519U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1519U-2023-12-26) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 976 in this make and model, 269 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130825016059I

## Narrative

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

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 20210804014189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210804014189A), Aug 4, 2021: Air Tractor Inc AT-502 (N1519U), Wooster, OH, Destroyed. Pilot was spraying field and maneuvering above roadway powerlines and below the high-tension powerlines. During a manuever below high tension powerlines, pilot…
- [Accident 20080427832069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080427832069A), Apr 27, 2008: Airtrc AT502 (N1519U), Dayton, WA, Substantial damage. (-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…

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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