# Incident 20250708010629I: Air Tractor Inc AT-802, Chester, CA, July 8, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2025, 15:47 local time
- Place: Chester, CA
- Airport: Rogers Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: JWQG
- Location: 40.2824° N, 121.2412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROGERS FLD (O05), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2824&lon=-121.2412&mi=10
- Aircraft: N896WP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N896WP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-802 (registry code 0390305, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802) (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-802
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250708010629I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON FINAL FOR A RETARDANT DROP ON THE CHANCE FIRE, A TREE STRUCK THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING. THIS TREE WAS TALLER THAN SURROUNDING TREES. IT BLENDED IN WITH SHORTER TREES. NO FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS WERE CHANGED. MISHAP PILOT MADE THE DROP AND CONTINUED TO THE AIRPORT.

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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