# Incident 20160808012869I: Air Tractor Inc AT-502, Branch, LA, August 8, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2016, 11:00 local time
- Place: Branch, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 3ZKG
- Location: 30.3386° N, 92.2857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Branch, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3386&lon=-92.2857&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9187W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9187W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 12,565 total, 1,934 in this make and model, 428 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160808012869I

## Narrative

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

DURING SPRAY OPERATION, PILOT WAS AWARE OF POWER LINE CROSSING HIS FIELD DIGONALLY. PILOT BEGAN TO LET DOWN TOO EARLY AND GEAR SNAGGED TOP UTILITY LINE.

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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