Air Tractor AT301 XB-OVB

Summary

On 25 July 2018 at about 16:00 local time, a Air Tractor AT301 registered XB-OVB, operated by Fumigaciones el Puma S.A. de C.V., was involved in an accident near Ascension, Chihuahua, Mexico. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 July 2018 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Ascension, Chihuahua, Mexico

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Air Tractor AT301

Registration

XB-OVB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Fumigaciones el Puma S.A. de C.V.

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

NTSB number

CEN18WA308

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 July 25, 2018, about 1600 coordinated universal time, a Mexican registered Air Tractor AT 301 airplane, XB-OVB, impacted terrain near Ascension, Chihuahua, Mexico. The pilot was fatally injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The local flight departed Ascension, Mexico, on an aerial application flight. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the government of Mexico. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the government of Mexico. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil (DGAC), Direccion de Investigacion de Accidentes E Incidentes de Aviacion Boulevard Adolfo Lopez Mateos, #1990, piso 4, Col Los Alpes, Tlacopac Deligacion Alvaro Orbegon, C. P. 01010, Ciudad de Mexico Telephone: (55) 5011-6413 E-mail: [email protected]

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.