# NTSB ERA11WA111: Air Tractor AT802, Santa Juana, Chile, January 9, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 9, 2011, 19:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Santa Juana, Chile
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA International Field Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 78152
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11WA111
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78152/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78152
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11WA111

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On January 9, 2011, at 1930 universal coordinated time, an Air Tractor AT-802, Spanish registration EC-IOE, registered to FAASA Group Aerodromo Sebastian Almagro Ctra, operated by FAASA Chile Servicios Aeros LTDA, collided with trees near Santa Juana, Chile, while maneuvering at a low altitude during a fire fighting mission. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The certificated commercial pilot was killed and the aerial observer received serious injuries. The airplane was destroyed. The flight originated from a landing strip in the vicinity of Santa Juana, Chile, at 1900. The accident is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Chile. This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Chile. Additional information may be obtained from: Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics Chile Elena Blanco # 1050 Providencia, Chile 7501084 Telephone: 011 56 02 410 7399 Fax: 011 56 02 410 7632

## Aircraft

- Registration: EC-IOE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT802 (A)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Firefighting, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: FAASA Chile Servicios Aeros LTDA
- Registered owner: FAASA GP Aerodromo Sebastian Almagro Ctra
- Departed: Santa Juana
- Destination: Santa Juana

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.82 inHg
- Observed at: SCIE

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 14, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78152. 10 KB in all.

- Memorandum of Foreign Investigation (item 1, .PDF, 10 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40341997&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20of%20Foreign%20Investigation-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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