# Incident 20170811017029I: Air Tractor Inc AT-402B, Norton, KS, August 11, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2017, 08:30 local time
- Place: Norton, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: NEMG
- Location: 39.8362° N, 99.8916° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norton, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8362&lon=-99.8916&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5175B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5175B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-402B (registry code 0390208, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-402B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 19,855 total, 380 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170811017029I

## Narrative

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

AT ABOUT 7:30 A.M. THE PILOT WAS SPRAYING A CORN FIELD LOCATED IN FURNAS CO. NEBRASKA. HEI WAS SPRAYING EAST AND WEST INTO THE BRIGHT LIGHT OF THE RISING SUN. HE STRUCK A TV ANTENNA AT ABOUT 60 FEE AGL WITH THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE ADDED FULL POWER AND RETURNED TO NORTON KS AIRPORT WHERE HE LANDED AND INSPECTED THE DAMAGE. HE DID NOT SEE THE TOWER UNTIL TOO LATE TO AVOID DUE TO THE SUN IN HIS EYES.

THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

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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