# NTSB GAA24WA268: Air Tractor AT802, La Riola, Argentina, August 19, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 19, 2024, 13:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place: La Riola, Argentina
- Coordinates: -29.572778, -67.023056
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-29.5728&lon=-67.0231&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 195001
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA268
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195001/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA268

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: LV-CGS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT802 (A)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 802A-0374
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 3.73 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,100 ft broken
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.15 inHg
- Observed at: SANT, 193 nm away
- METAR: SANT 191600Z VRB02KT 6000 BKN011 OVC017 14/11 Q1021 RERA

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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