# Accident 20190428004459A: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Quanah, TX, April 28, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2019, 16:00 local time
- Place: Quanah, TX
- Airport: Quanah Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 46JG
- Location: 34.3633° N, 99.9008° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3633&lon=-99.9008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N602AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N602AM-2020-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-602 (registry code 0390309, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 series (registry code 52118, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-66-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-66 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,306 total, 30 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19TA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19TA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190428004459A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 28, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1215 PM, N602AM, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-602 CLIPPED A POWERLINE WITH PROPELLER AT QUANAH, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM QUANAH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ON APRIL 28, 2019 AT 1200PM.

## 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 CEN19TA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19TA131), Apr 28, 2019: Air Tractor AT 602 (N602AM), Quanah, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the power line during a low altitude aerial application maneuver.

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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