Air Tractor AT502 PR-SLV

Summary

On 1 September 2016 at about 19:05 local time, a Air Tractor AT502 registered PR-SLV, operated by Argino Bedin, was involved in an accident near Sorriso, Brazil. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 September 2016 at 19:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Sorriso, Brazil

Nearest airport

Santa Anastacia Airport (SSQI)

Coordinates

-12.5092, -55.6847

Aircraft

Air Tractor AT502

Registration

PR-SLV

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Argino Bedin

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sorrisso → Sorrisso

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA16WA315

2 people 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 September 1, 2016, about 1905 coordinated universal time, a privately owned and operated Air Tractor AT-502B, Brazilian registration PR-SLV, experienced an in-flight loss of control and impacted terrain near Sorriso Municipality, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The airplane was destroyed by impact and a postcrash fire, and the pilot and passenger were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local flight.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center (CENIPA) Information Technology Division SHIS-QI 05-VI Comar Brasilia-DF, Brazil, 71.615.600 Phone: 55 61 3364 8819 Facsimile: 55 61 3365 1004 E-mail: [email protected] This report is for informational purposes, and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.