# NTSB WPR21WA047: Air Tractor AT502, Semera, Ethiopia, October 2, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: October 2, 2020, 06:36 local (06:36 UTC)
- Place: Semera, Ethiopia
- Coordinates: 11.434161, 39.979806 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=11.4342&lon=39.9798&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of lift](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/500)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102274
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR21WA047
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102274/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21WA047

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Loss of lift](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/500) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 252 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/500/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: ET-AYJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR AT502
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Zemen Flying Service PLC
- Registered owner: Africa Airborne Services Company

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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