What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Aircraft had a load of fire retardant to dump on fire and lost torque and power and did an emergency landing in a field. Tail wheel assembly broke during landing. Loss of oil was noted by the pilot when the reservoir was checked.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD A LOAD OF FIRE RETARDANT TO DUMP ON FIRE AND LOST TORQUE AND POWER AND DID AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY BROKE DURING LANDING. LOSS OF OIL WAS NOTED BY THE PILOT WHEN THE RESERVOIR WAS CHECKED.
Other reports on N455TG · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
Incident 20240722009379ITakeoff: Climb Out · Great Falls, MTOn July 22, 2024 a dromader Wsk-Pzl Meilec, model pzl M18B, performed an emergency landing at Great Falls Montana airport (gtf) after the left main tire departed the gear during take off from ronan airport (7S0). The aircraft was on public use contract…Incident 20000526016199IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Ruidoso, NM(-23) Pilot [privacy data omitted] was landing on runway 24 at the Sierra Blanca NM airport at approximately 1200 on may 26th, 2000 when he lost control of aircraft N455TG, a PZLM18B and the nose of the aircraft pitched over and the propeller struck the…