# Accident 20140522006689A: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, Hunter, AR, May 22, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2014, 15:02 local time
- Place: Hunter, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: H5ZG
- Location: 35.0546° N, 91.1229° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hunter, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0546&lon=-91.1229&mi=10
- Aircraft: N802KT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N802KT-2024-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-802A (registry code 0390308, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67AG (registry code 52211, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-802A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140522006689A

## Narrative

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

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

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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