# Incident 20210515006869I: Air Tractor Inc AT-502A, Lewis, KS, May 15, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2021, 18:36 local time
- Place: Lewis, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 3PJG
- Location: 37.9370° N, 99.2547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lewis, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9370&lon=-99.2547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N988TK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N988TK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-502A (registry code 0390306, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140AG (registry code 51800, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-140ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-140AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,400 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210515006869I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING EASTBOUND OVER A WHEAT FIELD , SPRAYING FOR PEST. THE PILOT DID NOT SEE A POWER LINE GOING ACROSS THE FIELD FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE POWER LINE AND SNAPPED IT OFF THE POWER POLES. THE AIRCRAFT WENT UP AFTER IMPACT AND FLEW BACK TO THE LARNED AIRPORT, WHERE HE HAD ORIGINALLY TAKEN OFF FROM TO CHECK HIS PLANE.

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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