ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 288339
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| Date: | Sunday 11 July 2010 |
| Time: | 06:00 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT602 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N42590 |
| MSN: | 602-1181 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 410 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60AG |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Village, Arkansas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Lake Village, AR |
| Lake Village, AR | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to a statement from the pilot, he was conducting an aerial application pass when the airplane struck power lines along his route of flight. The pilot performed a forced landing to an open field shortly thereafter. According to the Federal Aviation Administration inspector who traveled to the accident site the fuselage was buckled between the cabin and the empennage, the upper portion of the rudder had separated from the vertical stabilizer, and the outboard portion of the right wing was crushed, torn, and bent aft. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the wires during the aerial application pass.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN10CA391
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 June 2022 | N42590 | Twin County Air-ag Inc | 0 | Beaumont TX | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 21:22 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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