# Incident 20200330003029I: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Newport, AR, March 30, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2020, 09:30 local time
- Place: Newport, AR
- Airport: Newport Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: F9JG
- Location: 35.6377° N, 91.1764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWPORT RGNL (M19), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6377&lon=-91.1764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N602PK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N602PK) (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-65AG (registry code 52109, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-65ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-65AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10,114 total, 2,158 in this make and model, 153 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200330003029I

## Narrative

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

N602PK DEPARTED NEWPORT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (M19) AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 ON 30 MARCH, 2020 TO DISPENSE GRASS HERBICIDE APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT. AT APPROXIMATELY 0930, AFTER MAKING SEVERAL PASSES OVER THE FIELD DISPENSING THE HERBICIDE, THE PILOT IMPACTED A SET OF POWER LINES. THE IMPACT SEVERED THE POWER LINES AFTER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, LEFT WING LEADING EDGE AND WINGTIP, AND DISPENSING SPRAY RIG. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY DUMPED REMAINING PAYLOAD AND NAVIGATED BACK TO M19 WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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