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| Date: | Wednesday 10 July 2024 |
| Time: | c. 12:15 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-802F Fire Boss |
| Owner/operator: | Dauntless Air, opf US Forest Service |
| Registration: | N10122 |
| MSN: | 802A-0495 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hauser Lake, near Canyon Ferry Lake, MT -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Coeur d'Alene Airport/Pappy Boyington Field, ID (COE/KCOE) |
| Coeur d'Alene Airport/Pappy Boyington Field, ID (COE/KCOE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An Air Tractor AT-802F Fire Boss crashed into the Hauser Lake while scooping water for fighting the Horse Gulch Fire near Canyon Ferry Lake, Montana.
The pilot perished and the aircraft received substantial dmage.
Sources:
https://www.ktvh.com/news/helena-news/plane-fighting-horse-gulch-fire-crashes
https://www.krtv.com/news/fire-watch/airplane-fighting-the-horse-gulch-fire-has-crashed
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pilot-killed-firefighting-plane-crash-montana-horse-gulch-fire/
https://nbcmontana.com/weather/wildfires/plane-crashes-fighting-horse-gulch-fire-near-helena
https://dailymontanan.com/2024/07/11/pilot-killed-in-montana-firefighting-plane-crash-identified-as-brazil-native/
FAA ASIAS
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N10122
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N10122/history/20240710/1659Z/KCOE/L%2046.65605%20-111.76231
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/482718_1703516809.jpg (photo)
Location
Media:
NTSB is investigating the crash of an Air Tractor AT-802 near Canyon Ferry Lake, Montana.
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) July 10, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jul-2024 20:42 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 11-Jul-2024 05:10 | AgOps | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jul-2024 05:39 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jul-2024 06:38 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, ] |
| 11-Jul-2024 13:58 | RobertMB | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 11-Jul-2024 13:59 | RobertMB | Updated [Embed code, Category, ] |
| 11-Jul-2024 15:08 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 11-Jul-2024 15:35 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, Category, ] |
| 11-Jul-2024 21:24 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jul-2024 21:37 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Jul-2024 11:29 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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