# Incident 20200324020409I: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Wadsworth, TX, March 24, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2020, 10:00 local time
- Place: Wadsworth, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 5PNG
- Location: 28.8299° N, 95.9145° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wadsworth, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8299&lon=-95.9145&mi=10
- Aircraft: N603HP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N603HP) (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-60AG (registry code 52101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 300 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200324020409I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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