- Date
- July 25, 2018, 16:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ascension, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- XB-OVBAir Tractor AT301
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 97977
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual 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: cidaiac@sct.gob.mx
Aircraft
- Registration
- XB-OVB
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0235
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Aerial application · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Fumigaciones el Puma S.A. de C.V.
- Registered owner
- Fumigaciones el Puma S.A. de C.V.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot