# Incident 20250528005409I: Cessna 414, Dalhart, TX, May 28, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2025, 16:00 local time
- Place: Dalhart, TX
- Airport: Dalhart Municiple
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0575° N, 102.5123° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dalhart, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0575&lon=-102.5123&mi=10
- Aircraft: N741DF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N741DF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: TCM Cont TSIO-520 series (registry code 17060, https://openairdocs.org/engine/tcm-cont-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: TCM CONT TSIO 520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,154 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250528005409I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 28, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1600, A CESSNA 414G, LOST THE RACK THAT HOLDS THE CLOUD SEEDING FLARES OFF THE RIGHT WING. THE RACK STRUCK THE TIP OF THE R/H HORIZONTAL STAB.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM DHT ON MAY 28, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1530.

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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