20210525002949I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Air Tractor AT-802A · Brookland, AR · May 25, 2021

Date
May 25, 2021 · 13:30 local
Place
Brookland, AR
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
H5TG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N882A
Reported as
Air Tractor AT-802A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,275 total1,100 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

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.

On may 25, 2021 at approximately 13:30 CDT, N882A an Air tractor 802A, registration pending to privacy data omitted., operated by commercial pilot performing agricultural aerial application of fertilizer. During operations from an unimproved landing strip, the pilot determined due to wind condition landing from opposite direction would be preferable due tail wind conditions. During landing, just after touchdown wind turbulence was encountered causing the aircraft to move to the right causing the right wing tip to impact the finder of a parked fertilizer truck. The aircraft right wing tip was damaged and the pilot or personnel on the ground were not injured.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 25, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 13:30 CDT, N882A AN AIR TRACTOR 802A, REGISTRATION PENDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^., OPERATED BY COMMERCIAL PILOT PERFORMING AGRICULTURAL AERIAL APPLICATION OF FERTILIZER. DURING OPERATIONS FROM AN UNIMPROVED LANDING STRIP, THE PILOT DETERMINED DUE TO WIND CONDITION LANDING FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTION WOULD BE PREFERABLE DUE TAIL WIND CONDITIONS. DURING LANDING, JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN WIND TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO MOVE TO THE RIGHT CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TIP TO IMPACT THE FINDER OF A PARKED FERTILIZER TRUCK. THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING TIP WAS DAMAGED AND THE PILOT OR PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND WERE NOT INJURED.