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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Air Tractor AT-602 · Wadsworth, TX · March 24, 2020

Date
March 24, 2020 · 10:00 local
Place
Wadsworth, TX
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
5PNG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N603HP
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-602
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60AG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total300 in this make and model

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.

Pilot was on a swath run over a field in south Texas when he saw a tree in his path. The pilot attempted to pull up over the tree but ended up hitting it causing minor damage to his aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ON A SWATH RUN OVER A FIELD IN SOUTH TEXAS WHEN HE SAW A TREE IN HIS PATH. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO PULL UP OVER THE TREE BUT ENDED UP HITTING IT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO HIS AIRCRAFT.