Small aircraft aerial applicator pilot hit ditch on spray run.

Attributes
ACN	402042
Time
Date	199805
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : 2k3
State Reference	KS
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3330 msl bound upper : 3330
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise other other other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	other other : other pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time total : 14078
ASRS Report	402042
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Struck elevated ditch with r-hand landing gear during spray run, causing some damage to r-hand gear structure. Returned the aircraft back to local airport and landed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA AERIAL APPLICATOR PLT HIT DITCH ON SPRAY RUN.

Narrative: STRUCK ELEVATED DITCH WITH R-HAND LNDG GEAR DURING SPRAY RUN, CAUSING SOME DAMAGE TO R-HAND GEAR STRUCTURE. RETURNED THE ACFT BACK TO LCL ARPT AND LANDED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.