# Incident 20150820013999I: Weatherly Aviation Co Inc 620B, Ontario, ID, August 20, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2015, 09:30 local time
- Place: Ontario, ID
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: NRWG
- Aircraft: N9057T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9057T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Weatherly 620B (registry code 9630605, https://openairdocs.org/model/weatherly-620b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WEATHERLY AVIATION CO INC 620B
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,533 total, 1,217 in this make and model, 308 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150820013999I

## Narrative

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

DURING AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATIONS, THE AIRMAN INADVERTENTLY CONTACTED POWER LINES LOCATED ON THE WEST END OF THE FIELD BEING SPRAYED.  THE AIRMAN STATED HE KNEW THERE WERE POWER LINES AT THAT END OF THE FIELD BUT DID NOT BELIEVE THEY EXTENDED AS FAR SOUTH ALONG THE WEST EDGE OF THE FIELD AS THEY DID.  THE AIRMAN STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED BY A TRUCK THAT WAS DRIVING IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO HIS FLIGHT PATH ALONG THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE FIELD.  NEARING THE END OF THE SPRAY RUN, THE AIRMAN REMEMBERED THERE WERE POWER LINES ON THAT END OF THE FIELD AND SAW THAT THEY EXTENDED ACROSS HIS FLIGHT PATH.  HE PULLED UP IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID HITTING THEM.  THE AIRPLANE HIT THE POWER LINES, SEVERING THEM, AND WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO KONO AND LAND WITHOUT DIFFICULTY OR FURTHER INCIDENT.  THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH WING TIPS AND SCRATCHES TO THE PROPELLER BLADES.

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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