# Incident 20160815014479I: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, Appomatox, VA, August 15, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2016, 15:30 local time
- Place: Appomatox, VA
- Airport: Hanover
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: QHBG
- Location: 37.7089° N, 77.4366° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HANOVER COUNTY MUNI (OFP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7089&lon=-77.4366&mi=10
- Aircraft: N502WF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N502WF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160815014479I

## Narrative

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

DURING AERIAL SPRAY OPERATIONS THE PILOT STRUCK A WIRE. THE PILOT WAS UNAWARE THAT HE HAD HIT ANYTHING AND EXPERIENCED NO INDICATIONS THAT WOULD LEAD HIM TO BELIEVE HE HAD A PROBLEM. HE WAS OPERATING OUT OF HANOVER AIRPORT WHICH IS HIS HOME BASE. UPON COMPLETION OF THE SPRAY HE RETURNED TO BASE AND WAS INFORMED THAT SOMEONE HAD WITNESSED HIM STRIKING A WIRE. HE DID AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND MINOR DAMAGE ON THE PROP AND AIRCRAFT WING.

## Other reports on N502WF (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20250810010079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250810010079A), Aug 10, 2025: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B (N502WF), Goodland, KS, Substantial damage. On August 10, 2025, at approximately 1500 local time, the pilot reported that during the landing flare on runway 30 at Goodland municipal airport (kgld), the…

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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