# NTSB ERA16WA315: Air Tractor AT502, Sorriso, Brazil, September 1, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 1, 2016, 19:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place: Sorriso, Brazil
- Coordinates: -12.509166, -55.684722
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-12.5092&lon=-55.6847&mi=10
- 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: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA AVP-100
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94018
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA315
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94018/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA315

## 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 September 1, 2016, about 1905 coordinated universal time, a privately owned and operated Air Tractor AT-502B, Brazilian registration PR-SLV, experienced an in-flight loss of control and impacted terrain near Sorriso Municipality, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The airplane was destroyed by impact and a postcrash fire, and the pilot and passenger were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local flight.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center (CENIPA) Information Technology Division SHIS-QI 05-VI Comar Brasilia-DF, Brazil, 71.615.600 Phone: 55 61 3364 8819 Facsimile: 55 61 3365 1004 E-mail: dti@cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes, and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-SLV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT502 (B)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 502B-2768
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-34AG turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Other work use, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Argino Bedin
- Registered owner: Argino Bedin
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed: SSQI, Sorrisso
- Destination: SSQI, Sorrisso
- Airport: SSQI, Santa Anastacia Airport

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; injuries: fatal; commercial, private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, without waivers/limitations; seat: center

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 2 knots
- Visibility: 6.2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Turbulence: Unknown
- Observed at: SSBO

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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