ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210709
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 May 2018 |
| Time: | 06:15 LT |
| Type: |  Ayres S-2R-T34 Turbo Thrush 510 |
| Owner/operator: | Aerofumigaciones de Guatemala |
| Registration: | TG-FDM |
| MSN: | T34-305 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Morales, Izabal -
 Guatemala
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Morales |
| Morales | |
| Investigating agency: | UIA Guatemala |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft took off from an airstrip in the municipality of Morales, Guatemala, to carry out an aerial application flight on a banana plantation, in the Motagua farm. At approximately 3.7 nautical miles from the airstrip the aircraft crashed. The pilot was killed.
PROBABLE CAUSES:
The low-flying flight in adverse weather conditions with very dense fog banks, caused loss of lateral and frontal visibility and therefore loss of situational awareness.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.sonora.com.gt/2017/08/08/__trashed-6/
https://elperiodico.com.gt/nacion/2018/05/09/avioneta-fumigadora-se-estrella-en-morales-izabal-muere-el-piloto-armando-duran/
https://www.publinews.gt/gt/noticias/2018/05/09/muerto-tras-estrellarse-avioneta-izabal.html
http://antonakis.co.uk/registers/guatemala/20100624.txt
Media:
#Actualización #AccidenteAéreo Imágen muestra la fotografía de la aeronave que pilotaba la víctima que murió durante percance aéreo en #Izabal. pic.twitter.com/EvrjiKrfVA
— JuanVictor Castillo (@juanVictorCas1) 9 mei 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-May-2018 07:57 | gerard57 | Added |
| 10-May-2018 14:32 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 10-May-2018 14:32 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 10-May-2018 14:33 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 10-May-2018 14:33 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 19-Jan-2022 18:36 | harro | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 29-Apr-2022 06:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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