# Accident 20191022014409A: Air Tractor Inc AT-502, Lamesa, TX, October 22, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2019, 12:00 local time
- Place: Lamesa, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ODYG
- Location: 32.7350° N, 101.7433° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7350&lon=-101.7433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9143F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9143F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502 (registry code 0390303, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 550 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191022014409A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 22, 2019, AT 1200 CDT, AN AIR TRACTOR 502, BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N9143F, REGISTERED TO WILMINGTON TRUST CO, TRUSTEE, COLLIDED WITH A TIE LINE SUPPORTING A WIND TURBINE AS IT WAS MANEUVERING NEAR LAMESA, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON AGRICULTURAL SPRAYING FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGED, AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS UNINJURED. A WIND TURBINE WORKER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED ON THE GROUND.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LAMESA, TX ON OCTOBER 22, 2019, AT 1115 CDT.

## 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 CEN20LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA013), Oct 22, 2019: Air Tractor AT 502 (N9143F), Lamesa, TX, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to maneuver at a low altitude and in close proximity to a wind turbine undergoing maintenance, which resulted in a collision with a tagline rope being held by a worker…

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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