# Accident 20160906015009A: Air Tractor AT-802, Bassett, AR, September 6, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2016, 10:30 local time
- Place: Bassett, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 2EPG
- Location: 33.4192° N, 93.0605° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4192&lon=-93.0605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N519EP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT-802
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA512](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA512) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160906015009A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2016, AT 1030 CST, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-802, N519EP, REGISTERED TO EMPTY POCKETS FLYING SERVICE INC, COLLIDED WITH ELECTRICAL POWER TRANSMISSION LINES WHILE COMPLETING AGRICULTURAL AERIAL APPLICATION.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT EMPTY POCKETS FLYING SERVICE INC, NEAR WILSON, AR.

## 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 GAA16CA512](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA512), Sep 6, 2016: Air Tractor AT802 (N519EP), Wilson, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to adequately survey the area of operation and his subsequent failure to maintain clearance from power lines during an agricultural application flight.

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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