# Accident 20240710008619A: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, Helena, MT, July 10, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2024, 12:10 local time
- Place: Helena, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SXKG
- Location: 46.6655° N, 111.8090° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6655&lon=-111.8090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10122, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10122) (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: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,020 total, 96 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24FA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA238) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240710008619A

## Narrative

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

A WITNESS REPORTED THAT SHE WAS ON HAUSER LAKE, IN A BOAT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. SHE SAW A GROUP OF AIRPLANES. THE FIRST AIRPLANE SCOOPED WATER AND DURING ITS DEPARTURE, THE WINGS ROCKED A LITTLE BIT. SHE THEN SAW THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE AND THE ACCIDENT SEQUENCE. SHE STATED

THAT DUE TO HER POSITION ON THE WATER, SHE COULD NOT TELL IF THE AIRPLANE HAD SCOOPED WATER OR NOT, BUT SHE DID SEE IT DEPARTING WITH THE WINGS ROCKING BEFORE IT TURNED TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK THE ROCK FACE. THE AIRPLANE SLID INTO THE WATER.

NO ANOMILIES WERE FOUND WITH THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE ONSITE INVESTIGATION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR24FA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA238), Jul 10, 2024: Air Tractor AT-802A (N10122), Helena, MT, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of situational awareness during the water scoop due to task overload while operating in a multi-airplane tactical firefighting environment, which resulted in the pilot’s failure to…

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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