Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary CHI08CA043

Loop City, NE, USA

Aircraft #1

N9192X

AIR TRACTOR AT-502

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.

Probable Cause and Findings

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.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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