# Incident 20180713011079I: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, Omak, WA, July 13, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2018, 14:45 local time
- Place: Omak, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 7AQG
- Location: 48.4224° N, 119.5307° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Omak, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4224&lon=-119.5307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N376AS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N376AS) (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-67F (registry code 52290, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-802A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180713011079I

## Narrative

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

N376AS, SINGLE ENGINE, AT-802-A, AMPHIBEIOUS FLOAT GEAR AIRCRAFT, HIT A TOP BRANCH OF A TREE WHILE FIREFIGHTING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 137, FIREFIGHTING ACTIVITES WITH WATER DISPERSION. POST EVENT THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT'S CONTROL SURFACES WERE NORMAL IN FLIGHT AND IMMEDIATELY FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO THE BASE OF OPERATION AND WAS INSPECTED BY MAINTENANCE FOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT STATED THE VERTICAL DIMENSION FROM THE TREE WAS NOT EVIDENT AND JUDGEMENT ERROR OCCURRED IN CLEARING THE OBSTACLE. POST EVENT INSPECTION, NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED OTHER THAN MARKS TO UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSEALAGE.

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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