# Incident 20240722009379I: Wsk-Pzl Meilec PZL M18B, Great Falls, MT, July 22, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2024, 14:50 local time
- Place: Great Falls, MT
- Airport: Great Falls International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Location: 47.4823° N, 111.3703° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREAT FALLS INTL (GTF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4823&lon=-111.3703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N455TG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N455TG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wsk-Pzl Meilec PZL M18B (registry code 9810125, https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-meilec-pzl-m18b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wsk-Pzl-K PZL ASZ-62IR (registry code 67203, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wsk-pzl-k-pzl-asz-62ir) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WSK-PZL MEILEC PZL M18B
- Reported engine: WSK-PZL-K PZL ASZ-62IR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,541 total, 425 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240722009379I

## Narrative

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

ON 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 FIGHTING FOREST FIRES AT THE TIME.  PILOT WAS THE ONLY POB AND SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N455TG (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20060716012729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060716012729I), Jul 16, 2006: Wsk PZLM18B (N455TG), Oak City, UT, Minor damage. (-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…
- [Incident 20000526016199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000526016199I), May 26, 2000: Wsk PZLM18B (N455TG), Ruidoso, NM, Minor damage. (-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…

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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