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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Air Tractor AT-502B · Masterson, TX · July 22, 2017

Date
July 22, 2017 · 08:00 local
Place
Masterson, TX
Airport
Moore County
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
W3JG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4200S
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-502B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34AG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
14,914 total5,000 in this make and model54 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On July 22, 2017, N4200S, an Air tractor 502 caught the top neutral wire of a powerline with his landing gear while spraying mesquite brush near Masterson Texas. The commercially rated pilot was able to land in an open prairie and exited the aircraft, no injuries were reported.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 22, 2017, N4200S, AN AIR TRACTOR 502 CAUGHT THE TOP NEUTRAL WIRE OF A POWERLINE WITH HIS LANDING GEAR WHILE SPRAYING MESQUITE BRUSH NEAR MASTERSON TEXAS. THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND IN AN OPEN PRAIRIE AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.