Date: Tuesday 5 July 2022
Time: c. 09:30
Type: Air Tractor AT-502
Owner/operator: Bom Futuro Agricola Ltda
Registration: PR-JSM
MSN: 502-0184
Year of manufacture: 1992
Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category: Accident
Location: near Lucas do Rio Verde, Tapurah, MT -
Brazil
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature: Agricultural
Departure airport: Fazenda Vale Airport (SSDS), MT
Destination airport: Fazenda Vale Airport (SSDS), MT
Investigating agency: CENIPA
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative: An Air Tractor AT-502 took off from Fazenda Vale Airport (SSDS), Tapurah, Mato Grosso, around 1:10 pm (UTC), in order to perform a defensive application flight in an area of Lucas do Rio Verde, with a pilot on board. At the end of one of the recovery curves, the application bar touched the plantation, resulting in a colliding with the ground and and teh aircraft caught fire. The pilot died on August 12 (38 days after the accident) in a hospital in Cuiabá (MT).
Accident investigation:
Investigating agency: CENIPA
Report number:
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 2 years and 9 months
Download report: Final report
Sources:
https://g1.globo.com/sp/bauru-marilia/noticia/2022/08/15/corpo-do-piloto-de-aviao-agricola-que-caiu-em-mt-e-enterrado-em-itapolis.ghtml https://www.sonoticias.com.br/geral/aviao-tocou-solo-caiu-e-pegou-fogo-proximo-a-lucas-do-rio-verde-diz-gerente-piloto-esta-hospitalizado/ https://www.radarmt.com/noticia/53745/piloto-de-aeronave-agricola-sobrevive-a-queda-de-aviao-em-mt https://www.agitosmutum.com.br/cidades/piloto-e-levado-ao-hospital-apos-queda-de-aviao-em-lucas-do-rio-verdemt/27645?fbclid=IwAR2bvtrOdoAATlzDNbt_OwNQPK__V0VjejIlWkKutCj5nE1OSRzexOJUpWI https://sistemas.anac.gov.br/aeronaves/cons_rab_resposta.asp?textMarca=PRJSM http://painelsipaer.cenipa.aer.mil.br/QvAJAXZfc/opendoc.htm?document=SIGAER%2Fgia%2Fqvw%2Fpainel_sipaer.qvw&host=QVS%40cirros31-37&anonymous=true&sheet=SH04
Media:
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Revision history:
Date/time Contributor Updates
07-Jul-2022 04:53
gerard57
Added
07-Jul-2022 06:16
RobertMB
Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
07-Jul-2022 06:21
RobertMB
Updated [Source, Embed code, ]
09-Jul-2022 04:51
cleberjc
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
09-Jul-2022 05:45
RobertMB
Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
15-Aug-2022 16:44
cleberjc
Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]
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