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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Air Tractor AT-802A · Minturn, AR · September 8, 2017

Date
September 8, 2017 · 11:00 local
Place
Minturn, AR
Airport
Walnut Ridge
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
KQMG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N716FA
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-802A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
7,690 total2,402 in this make and model390 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 8 September approximately 1100 local time at latitude 35 degrees 59 minutes 17 seconds north and longatude 91 degrees 00 minutes 53 seconds, an Air tractor AT802A was making a turn after spraying, while ascending a combine was heading toward the aircraft. The aircraft boom contacted the grain tank, dislocating the boom. The flight originated from a private airstrip in Minturn ar, visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. Aircraft substained minor damage with no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

ON 8 SEPTEMBER APPROXIMATELY 1100 LOCAL TIME AT LATITUDE 35 DEGREES 59 MINUTES 17 SECONDS NORTH AND LONGATUDE 91 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 53 SECONDS, AN AIR TRACTOR AT802A WAS MAKING A TURN AFTER SPRAYING, WHILE ASCENDING A COMBINE WAS HEADING TOWARD THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT BOOM CONTACTED THE GRAIN TANK, DISLOCATING THE BOOM. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP IN MINTURN AR, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. AIRCRAFT SUBSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITH NO INJURIES.