Accident: Air Tractor AT802
Jul 30, 2020 · Elgin, NV
NTSB numberWPR20LA246Event id20200730X91205
- 2
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The trailing pilot’s failure to maintain separation from the lead airplane during a fire retardant deployment flight, which resulted in the trailing airplane flying through a plume of retardant and the trailing pilot’s subsequent loss of visibility that led to a collision with the lead airplane.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved (2)
- Aircraft
- Air Tractor AT802
- Registration
- N8510M
- Year built
- 2003
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rules
- Public aircraft
- Defining event
- Enroute Midair collision
- Aircraft
- Air Tractor AT802
- Registration
- N1558W
- Year built
- 1993
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rules
- Public aircraft
- Defining event
- Enroute Midair collision
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