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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-802A · Hunter, AR · May 22, 2014

Date
May 22, 2014 · 15:02 local
Place
Hunter, AR
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
H5ZG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N802KT
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-802A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67AG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total700 in this make and model200 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 may 24, 2014 at approximately 1500 CDT, an Air tractor 802A registered to Hunter flying service hit an embankment on the north end of the runway dislodging the landing gear. The aircraft maintained flight in ground effect until the left wing impacted a power pole approximately 1/2 mile from the point of takeoff.

Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. No flight plan was filed.

The aircraft sustained substantial damage and the pilot was uninjured.

The flight originated 2 miles ene of Hunter, Arkansas

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 24, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 CDT, AN AIR TRACTOR 802A REGISTERED TO HUNTER FLYING SERVICE HIT AN EMBANKMENT ON THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY DISLODGING THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT MAINTAINED FLIGHT IN GROUND EFFECT UNTIL THE LEFT WING IMPACTED A POWER POLE APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE FROM THE POINT OF TAKEOFF.

VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED 2 MILES ENE OF HUNTER, ARKANSAS