# NTSB ERA10WA252: Air Tractor AT802, Resende, Brazil, April 27, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 27, 2010, 18:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place: Resende, Brazil
- Coordinates: -22.466667, -44.466667 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-22.4667&lon=-44.4667&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75911
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA10WA252
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75911/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75911
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10WA252

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On April 27, 2010, about 1845 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), an Air Tractor AT-802, Brazilian registration PR-EBM, operated by Corpo de Bombeiros Militar do Rio de Janeiro, was destroyed following an in-flight loss of control and impact with terrain at Resende Airport, Resende, Brazil. The pilot and one passenger were killed. This investigation is under jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. For further information contact: Areonautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center SHIS – QI 05 – VI COMAR Brasilía-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Tel: +55 61 3364 8800 Fax: +55 61 3365 1004 dipaa@cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes only and contains information released by, or obtained for, the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-EBM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT802 (UNDESIGNAT)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Corpo de Bombeiros Militar do Rio de Janeiro
- Registered owner: Unknown
- Departed: SDRS, Resende
- Destination: SDRS, Resende
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: SDRS, Resende Airport, runway 26

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 5, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75911. 8 KB in all.

- Memorandum - Contact Information (item 1, .PDF, 8 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40329439&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20-%20Contact%20Information-Master.PDF

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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