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NTSB accident investigation · Air Tractor AT502 · Balsas, Brazil · March 5, 2025

Accident · FatalClass 5 · Foreign
Date
March 5, 2025, 07:30 local (07:30 UTC)
Place
Balsas, Brazil
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Maneuvering
Aircraft
PS-ARGAir Tractor AT502
Defining event
Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Unknown or undetermined
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Case key
199888

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Unknown or undeterminedManeuvering-low-alt flyingAll aircraft: 1,703 casesDefining event

Aircraft

Registration
PS-ARG
Reported as
Air Tractor AT502 (A)
Category
Airplane
Damage
Destroyed
Fire
Unknown
Flight
Aerial application · Non-U.S., non-commercial