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| Date: | Wednesday 13 December 2017 |
| Time: | 13:15 |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-502B |
| Owner/operator: | Aerotec, lsf Agroaire |
| Registration: | LV-ZZX |
| MSN: | 502B-0675 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | El Mirador -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | JIAAC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The cropduster plane hit an anteanna and crashed. The pilot died in the crash.
3.1 Conclusions regarding factors related to the accident
- The antenna was not marked.
- It is a probable hypothesis that there was some distraction that deprived the pilot of the time needed to take evasive action.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
www.losandes.com.ar
https://www.mdzol.com/nota/771346-cayo-un-avion-fumigador-en-rivadavia-y-murio-el-piloto/
https://jiaac.gob.ar/files/informes/333050-17.pdf
Media:
[AVISO] Accidente aeronave Airtractor AT 502 Matr LV-ZZX
— JIAAC (@JIAAC_AR) December 13, 2017
aprox 15:30 hs UTC en El Mirador - Rivadavia (Mendoza) Daños de importancia. Piloto fallecido. Interviene JIAAC Sede Central
An Air Tractor AT-502 cropduster crashes in Argentina, one fatality.
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 13 décembre 2017
Cayó un avión fumigador en Rivadavia y murió el piloto era LV-ZZX - https://t.co/t9zg9QPj3p vía @mdzonline pic.twitter.com/tVuC6gD5Zi
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Dec-2017 18:54 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-Dec-2017 19:01 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, ] |
| 13-Dec-2017 19:04 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, ] |
| 13-Dec-2017 21:01 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Dec-2017 17:24 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Embed code, ] |
| 29-Jun-2018 12:02 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 14-Jul-2020 16:53 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Jul-2020 16:54 | harro | Updated [Phase, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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