# NTSB Accident WPR20LA246
> **Air Tractor AT802** · 2020-07-30 · Elgin, NV, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR20LA246
- **Event ID:** 20200730X91205
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2020-07-30
- **Location:** Elgin, NV, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.361667, -114.56639
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Air Tractor
- **Model:** AT802
- **Registration:** N8510M
- **FAR Part:** PUBU
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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.

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