# NTSB ERA16WA038: Air Tractor AT-502B, Balsas, Brazil, November 9, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 9, 2015, 19:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Balsas, Brazil
- Coordinates: -7.525277, -46.053333
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-7.5253&lon=-46.0533&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92318
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA038
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92318/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA038

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On November 11, 2015, about 1930 universal coordinated time, an Air Tractor AT502B, Brazilian registration PR-RSA, was destroyed when it impacted terrain shortly after takeoff from Balsas Airport, Balsas Brazil. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight was conducted under Brazilian flight regulations. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center (CENIPA) of Brazil. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigation Division CENIPA SHIS - QI 05-VI Comar Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Telephone: (55-61) 3364-8800 Fax: (55-61) 3365-1004 dipaa.spai@cenipa.aer.mil.br

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-RSA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT-502B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 502B-2679
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Ribeirao S/A
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed: SNBS, Balsas
- Destination: SNBS, Balsas
- Airport: SNBS, Balsas Airport

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

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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