Air Tractor AT502 PR-AJF

Summary

On 13 December 2016 at about 19:30 local time, a Air Tractor AT502 registered PR-AJF was involved in an accident near Primavera do Leste, Brazil. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 December 2016 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Primavera do Leste, Brazil

Coordinates

-14.9106, -54.2156

Aircraft

Air Tractor AT502

Registration

PR-AJF

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

ERA17WA079

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On December 13, 2016, about 1930 coordinated universal time, an Air Tractor AT-502B, Brazilian registration PR-AJF, was destroyed after it impacted terrain and was subject to a postcrash fire, during an agricultural spraying operation near Primavera do Leste, Brazil. The pilot was fatally injured.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. Further information can be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigation Division SHIS-QI 05-VI COMAR Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Tel: (55-61) 3364-8812 Email: [email protected] This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.