What happened
On February 4, 2015, at approximately 19:50 UTC, an Air Tractor AT-502B, registration PR-RRR, was performing an agricultural spraying operation at Fazenda Boa Esperança in Presidente Olegário, Minas Gerais. The aircraft, operated by Rondon Aviação Agrícola Ltda.-EPK, took off from a 900-meter agricultural landing strip to apply pesticides to a corn plantation.
Shortly after leaving the ground, the pilot noticed that the aircraft was failing to gain sufficient altitude. In an attempt to reduce weight, the pilot decided to jettison the agricultural payload. During this maneuver, the right wingtip struck the top of the corn crop, leading to a loss of control and a subsequent impact with the ground. The pilot survived the accident without injury, but the aircraft sustained substantial damage.