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| Date: | Monday 28 February 2022 |
| Time: | 9:00 |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-502/3/4 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | 1.76 NM 265 degrees from Smithton, TAS -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Post an aerial agricultural spraying flight, the pilot was advised that a telecommunications wire had fallen. The pilot was unaware of a wirestrike and there was no damage to the aircraft.
Sources:
OA2022-01142
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