# NTSB ERA17WA079: Air Tractor AT502, Primavera do Leste, Brazil, December 13, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 13, 2016, 19:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Primavera do Leste, Brazil
- Coordinates: -14.910555, -54.215557
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-14.9106&lon=-54.2156&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: 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: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94577
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA079
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94577/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA079

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: 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 December 13, 2016, about 1930 coordinated universal time, an Air Tractor AT-502B, Brazilian registration PR-AJF, was destroyed after it impacted terrain and was subject to a postcrash fire, during an agricultural spraying operation near Primavera do Leste, Brazil. The pilot was fatally injured.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. Further information can be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigation Division SHIS-QI 05-VI COMAR Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Tel: (55-61) 3364-8812 Email: dac.saai@cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-AJF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT502 (B)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 502B-2852
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-34AG 750 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Equipment: Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; seat: single

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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