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| Date: | Saturday 20 July 2024 |
| Time: | c. 10:00 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-402B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | PS-PRT |
| MSN: | 402B-1496 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2023 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | between Sinop and Cláudia, MT -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Fazenda Modelo, Sinop, MT |
| Fazenda Modelo, Sinop, MT | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
An Air Tractor crashed at a cotton plantation close to the MT-243 highway while trying to avoid a high voltage line.
The pilot was not injured and the aircraft was completely destroyed by fire.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.sonoticias.com.br/geral/piloto-sobrevive-apos-queda-de-aviao-em-area-rural-entre-sinop-e-claudia/
https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/aviao-de-pequeno-porte-cai-em-plantacao-e-pega-fogo-no-mato-grosso
https://g1.globo.com/mt/mato-grosso/noticia/2024/07/20/piloto-sai-ileso-apos-aviao-cair-e-ser-destruido-por-incendio-em-mt-video.ghtml
https://noticias.r7.com/mato-grosso/cenario-mt/piloto-escapa-ileso-de-acidente-aereo-em-plantacao-de-algodao-na-mt-423-20072024/
https://dedalo.sti.fab.mil.br/ocorrencia/85144
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jul-2024 07:18 | cleberjc | Added |
| 21-Jul-2024 08:00 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jul-2024 07:15 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 25-Jul-2024 07:15 | ASN | Updated [Cn, ] |
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