# Incident 20160225001259I: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, Floydada, TX, February 25, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2016, 10:00 local time
- Place: Floydada, TX
- Airport: Floydada
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: OBAG
- Location: 34.0015° N, 101.3303° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLOYDADA MUNI (41F), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0015&lon=-101.3303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N512MP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N512MP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34AG (registry code 52251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-34ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502B
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-34AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,399 total, 2,545 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160225001259I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 25, 2016 AN AIR TRACTOR MODEL AT-502 SERIAL NUMBER 502B-2948 BEARING REGISTRATION N512MP, CONTACTED AN OVERHEAD NEUTRAL POWERLINE WHILE EXITING A CONGESTED AREA WHILE PERFORMING AERIAL APPLICATIONS NEAR FLOYDADA, TEXAS.  THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY AT FLOYDADA AIRPORT (41F), AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE.

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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