# Accident 20190531005509A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, Rockford, OH, May 31, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2019, 19:20 local time
- Place: Rockford, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 8KSG
- Location: 40.6142° N, 84.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6142&lon=-84.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60518, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60518-2023-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502B (registry code 0390307, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,683 total, 1,121 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA303) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190531005509A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS SPRAYING LIQUID ON A FIELD TO EAST OF ACCIDENT SITE. HE MADE THREE PASSES EACH TIME FLYING UNDER THE HIGH VOLTAGE POWER WIRES BETWEEN TWO TOWERS. FIRST PASS NORTH, 180 TURN SOUTH AND THIRD PASS NORTH.

AFTER LAST PASS UNDER THE WIRES HE CONTINUED NORTH, BANKED LEFT MAKING A WIDE 180 TURN SOUTH INTENDING TO GO UNDER ANOTHER SPAN OF HIGH VOLTAGE POWER WIRES  TO SPRAY NEXT FIELD.

IT APPEARS THE AIRCRAFT WINDSHIELD MADE CONTACT WITH A WIRE HARNESS (IT KEEPS THE GROUP OF FOUR WIRES SEPARATED) CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO YAW. THE LEFT WING CAUGHT THE NEXT SET OF WIRES AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE GROUND.

CASE WAS REFERRED TO OPERATIONS INSPECTOR FOR COMPLIANCE ACTION.

## 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 GAA19CA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA303), May 31, 2019: Air Tractor AT502 (N60518), Rockford, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from power lines during an agricultural application flight.

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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