# Incident 20170908017699I: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, Minturn, AR, September 8, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2017, 11:00 local time
- Place: Minturn, AR
- Airport: Walnut Ridge
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KQMG
- Location: 36.1247° N, 90.9251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WALNUT RIDGE RGNL (ARG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1247&lon=-90.9251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N716FA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N716FA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-802A (registry code 0390308, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67AG (registry code 52211, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-802A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,690 total, 2,402 in this make and model, 390 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170908017699I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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