ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 44119
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 May 2006 |
| Time: | c. 17:55 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-802 |
| Owner/operator: | Martinez Ridao |
| Registration: | EC-GOS |
| MSN: | 802-0042 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Molinicos -
 Spain
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Utrera |
| Ibiza | |
| Investigating agency: | CIAIAC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On May 30, 2006, at 1750 coordinated universal time, a single-engine Air Tractor AT-802 aerial application airplane, Spanish registration EC-GOS, was destroyed following an in flight encounter with inclement weather during cruise flight near Molinicos, Province of Albacete, in Spain. The commercial pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, was fatally injured. The airplane, serial number 802-0042, was owned and operated by Martinez Ridao. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed throughout the area at the time of the accident. The positioning-ferry flight originated from the Utrera base near Seville at 1630 UTC and was destined to the Ibiza Island.
Local authorities reported that a post-impact fire destroyed the airplane.
Causes
It is considered that the most likely cause of the accident was structural failure in flight of the aircraft, as a result of having been subjected to aerodynamic loads greater than those designed, when flying in the vicinity or even inside very intense storms.
Although it is not known whether the pilot was aware of the presence of widespread high intensity storms, which had been indicated in the various reports and predictions of the National Institute of Meteorology, he should have been aware that the magnitude and extent of these storms prevented him from flying through them trying to avoid them.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Official CIAIAC report A-031/2006
https://www.mitma.gob.es/recursos_mfom/2006_031_a_0.pdf
https://www.lavanguardia.com/sucesos/20060530/51273192574/fallece-el-unico-tripulante-de-una-avioneta-al-estrellarse-en-albacete.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 September 2003 | EC-GOS | Martinez Ridao | 0 | Ibiza Airport | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-May-2020 11:59 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2020 12:00 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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