# NTSB CHI08CA043: Air Tractor AT-502, N9192X, Loop City, NE, November 9, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 9, 2007, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Loop City, NE
- Coordinates: 41.1436111111111, -102.102222222222
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1436&lon=-102.1022&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67270
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI08CA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67270/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA043

## Probable cause

The obstruction clearance not maintained by the pilot during an aerial application of a field and the subsequent hard landing onto the field. Contributing factors were the power line and rough/uneven terrain.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application
  - altitude/clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
- Hard landing, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

The agricultural airplane struck power lines during an aerial application and experienced a hard landing resulting in substantial damage to the airplane when it impacted a field. No mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal airplane operation were reported.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9192X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9192X-2013-10-28), registration cancelled 2013-10-28, S/N 502-0229, built 1993 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT-502
- Registry model: [Air Tractor AT-502](https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-502) (registry code 0390303) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (registry code 52150, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 502-0229
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney PT6 750 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Miller Flying Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed: St Paul, NE
- Destination: Loop City, NE

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2; flight hours: 2,270 total, 205 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20071109825189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071109825189A), Nov 9, 2007: Airtrc AT502, Loupe City, NE, Substantial damage. (-23) On November 9, 2007 at about 12:00 local time the pilot [privacy data omitted], a commercial pilot, was operating N9192X an air tractor inc. AT-502 for…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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