- Date
- August 29, 2019, 01:24 local (01:24 UTC)
- Place
- Gusap, Papua New Guinea
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- P2-SETAir Tractor AT502
- Defining event
- Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 100254
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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.
Factual narrative
On August 29, 2019, an Air Tractor AT-502B aircraft, registered P2-SET, operated by Ramu Agriculture Industries, collided with a tree near Gusap, Papua New Guinea. The pilot was fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Accident Investigation Commission (AIC) is investigating the accident. As the state of manufacture of the airplane, the NTSB has designated a US accredited representative to assist the AIC in its investigation. All inquiries concerning this accident should be directed to the PNG AIC: Papua New Guinea Accident Investigation Commission PNG AIC Office, Level 1, NAQIA building, Saraga RD, 6-mile PO Box 1709 Boroko 111 Nation Capital District Papua New Guinea Website: www.aic.gov.pg
Aircraft
- Registration
- P2-SET
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT502 (B)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operator
- Ramu - Agriculture Industries
- Departed
- Daru
- Destination
- Gusap
- Airport
- Baimuru Airstrip