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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Air Tractor AT-502B · Nicolas, CA · June 1, 2016

Date
June 1, 2016 · 14:09 local
Place
Nicolas, CA
Airport
Lincoln Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5091N
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA16CA303
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-502B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,577 total844 in this make and model112 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While crop dusting a rice field aircraft struck a high tension wire. Aircraft landed safely in an open field.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE CROP DUSTING A RICE FIELD AIRCRAFT STRUCK A HIGH TENSION WIRE. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY IN AN OPEN FIELD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.