# Accident 20160905014959A: Air Tractor Inc AT-400, Hondo, TX, September 5, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2016, 11:20 local time
- Place: Hondo, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 1RMG
- Location: 29.3808° N, 99.1747° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3808&lon=-99.1747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31627, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31627-2019-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-400 (registry code 0390202, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2000 series (registry code 52023, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-400
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,727 total, 727 in this make and model, 460 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA462](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA462) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160905014959A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:20 HOURS, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-400, N31627 ^OWNED BY RUSTYS FLYING SERVICE^ AND OPERATED BY LINDEMAN INC, CRASHED IN A FIELD NORTH OF THE HONDO AIRPORT (KHDO).   VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE PILOT DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT, COMMERCIAL RATED, SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN D'HANIS, TX (4TS8) ON 09/05/2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:45 HOURS.

## 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 GAA16CA462](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA462), Sep 5, 2016: Air Tractor AT (N31627), Hondo, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from an antenna atop a tower while maneuvering at a low altitude and the airplane’s subsequent impact with terrain during an attempted off-airport landing.

## Other reports on N31627 (1)

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

- [Incident 19940505010219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940505010219I), May 5, 1994: Airtrc AT400 (N31627), Opelousas, LA, Minor damage. Had to fly under one set wires and over next set during spray run. Pulled up too quickly struck first set.

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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