# Incident 20160305002889I: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Desarc, AR, March 5, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2016, 13:30 local time
- Place: Desarc, AR
- Airport: Taylor Airstrip
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: YGKG
- Location: 34.9784° N, 91.5063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Arc, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9784&lon=-91.5063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N602RS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N602RS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-602 (registry code 0390309, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65B (registry code 52115, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-65b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-65B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,344 total, 525 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160305002889I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 4, 2016 ABOUT 1330 CENTRAL TIME AN AIR TRACTOR AT-602, REGISTERED AS N602RS, SERIAL NUMBER 602-0661 TO TAYLORS FLYING SERVICE INC.  LANDED AT TAYLOR AIRSTRIP (1AR2) DES ARC ARKANSAS, AFTER APPLYING A LOAD OF FERTILIZER. AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT, RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK A TREE TURNED THE AIRCRAFT WHERE THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK A TREE AND AIRCRAFT STOPPED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OCCURRED. 1 PERSON ON BOARD WITH NO INJURIES.  FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM DES ARC ARKANSAS ON MARCH 4, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1315 CENTRAL TIME.

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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