Accident Air Tractor AT-802A EC-JKK,
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Date:Wednesday 24 August 2005
Time:12:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic AT8T model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Air Tractor AT-802A
Owner/operator:Avialsa T-35
Registration: EC-JKK
MSN: 802A-0208
Year of manufacture:2005
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Valadares (S. Pedro do Sul) -   Portugal
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Fire fighting
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Little or no information is available
Narrative:
During the dropping phase the firegate appeared to malfunction. The pilot performed an emergency dump but could not clear the trees and terrain ahead

Sources:

Official Portuguese GPIAAF report (attached)

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
15 September 2014 ZS-TBW FFA Aviation (Pty) Ltd 1 Piet Retief, Mpumalanga w/o

Revision history:

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09-Aug-2020 17:10 harro Added

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