# Incident 20130816018539I: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, Ronan, MT, August 16, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2013, 19:40 local time
- Place: Ronan, MT
- Airport: Ronan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: QTLG
- Location: 47.5672° N, 114.1011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RONAN (7S0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5672&lon=-114.1011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N174ML, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N174ML) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-802A (registry code 0390308, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67AG (registry code 52211, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-802A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,186 total, 996 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130816018539I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON AUGUST 16, 2013, AT 1940 HOURS MST, AN AIR TRACTOR AT-802-A, N174ML DEPARTED RUNWAY 34 AFTER LANDING ON RONAN MONTANA AIRPORT (7S0).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONTRACTED FOR FIGHTING FIRES THROUGH AERIAL APPLICATION OF RETARDENT. (PUBLIC USE) VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND THE SINGLE PILOT OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE MISSOULA, MONTANA AIRPORT (MSO) TO RE-POSITION BACK TO RONIN AIRPORT (7S0). THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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