# NTSB CEN18WA308: Air Tractor AT301, Ascension, Chihuahua, Mexico, July 25, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 25, 2018, 16:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Ascension, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 97977
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN18WA308
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/97977/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18WA308

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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.

- Pilot

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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