# Accident 20160729011719A: Air Tractor Inc AT-402, Sac City, IA, July 29, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2016, 09:15 local time
- Place: Sac City, IA
- Airport: Sac City Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 1WMG
- Location: 42.3600° N, 94.9847° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3600&lon=-94.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1016G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1016G-2019-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-402 (registry code 0390205, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-402) (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-402
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,726 total, 350 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA292) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160729011719A

## Narrative

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

AIR TRACTOR N1016G, TOOK-OFF FROM CARROLL IA (CIN) ABOUT 0900 CDT TO APPLY AN AERIAL APPLICATION OF INSECTICIDE AND FUNGICIDE ON A CROP FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE SAC CITY AIRPORT (SKI). THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE EAST-WEST POWERLINE STATIC WIRES LOCATED ON THE SOUTH END OF THE CROP FIELD AT 0915 CDT. THE TAIL RUDDER SEPARATED AT THE LOCATION OF THE WIRE STRIKE. THE FUSELAGE AND WINGS WERE FOUND APPROXIMATELY 1000FT FURTHER SOUTH OF THE BROKEN POWER LINE IN A CORN FIELD BEHIND A FARM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN16LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA292), Jul 29, 2016: Air Tractor AT 402 (N1016G), Sac City, IA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from power lines. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to circle over the field to identify hazards before beginning the aerial…

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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