Piccie: small firebomber wrecked in France during operations

[Stratofreighter]

http://languedoc-roussillon.france3.fr/ ... 28619.html

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=139060

Anyone who can confirm the type

[Basman]

Anyone who can confirm the type

Confirm no, but deduct maybe? The french article mentions 'Morane' as aircraft type, but this is a just callsign used by Securité Civile aircraft or aircraft rented by them.
The ASN site already mentions 'Air Tractor'. Looking at the triangular support on the the horizontal stabilo (the plane is lying upside down), it surely looks like an Air Tractor AT802(A).

Bas

[RobertMB]

Anyone who can confirm the type

Confirm no, but deduct maybe? The french article mentions 'Morane' as aircraft type, but this is a just callsign used by Securité Civile aircraft or aircraft rented by them.
The ASN site already mentions 'Air Tractor'. Looking at the triangular support on the the horizontal stabilo (the plane is lying upside down), it surely looks like an Air Tractor AT802(A).

Bas

It's an (older) Air Tractor AT-301 or AT-401 (check the wing tip ! ) from Spain. There are no Air Tractor's registered in France at the moment.

BR,

Robert

[Basman]

O yes I see it now, the flat wingtip is the give-away. Sharp!

Bas

[pvdk]

In the Languedoc-Roussillon there are ( were) 4 small firefighters, two Thrush Commanders coded 1 and 2 and two AT-802 a/c coded 3 and 4. Yesterday's crash concerned one of the Air Tractor AT-802 's. Today F-GNFK/2 made and emergeny landing in a field north of Beziers. After repairs it will most certainly get airborn from the local " route departemental "

Regards

Pvdk

[pvdk]

Correction:

Type is Ayres S2R T-34 Thrush serial F-GRIO coded 3 ( photo evidence)

Regards
PvdK

[RobertMB]

Fully correct indeed. A very "rare" Ayres Turbo Thrush !
It has a modified "single bar" main landing gear, instead of the triple-bar MGL as usual for the (Turbo) Thrushes.

BR,

Robert