# Incident 20160330003099I: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, Artesia, NM, March 30, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2016, 08:45 local time
- Place: Artesia, NM
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: WBMG
- Location: 32.8517° N, 104.4237° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Artesia, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8517&lon=-104.4237&mi=10
- Aircraft: N667CB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N667CB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160330003099I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 30, 2016 AT 0845MDT, N667CB, A AIR TRACTOR 502-B, REGISTERED TO DEVIL DUSTERS, INC., STRUCK A POWER LINE NEAR ARTESIA, NEW MEXICO.  THE PILOT WAS CONDUCITNG AGRICULTURAL AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT ON A PRIVATE FARM.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM A PRIVATE AIRPORT NEAR ARTESIA, NEW MEXICO ON MARCH 30, 2016 AT 0800 MDT.

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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