# NTSB WPR19WA260: Air Tractor AT502, Gusap, Papua New Guinea, August 29, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 29, 2019, 01:24 local (01:24 UTC)
- Place: Gusap, Papua New Guinea
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100254
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR19WA260
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100254/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19WA260

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT502 (B)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operator: Ramu - Agriculture Industries
- Departed: Daru
- Destination: Gusap
- Airport: Baimuru Airstrip

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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