ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162863
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| Date: | 24-DEC-2013 |
| Time: | 08:30 UTC |
| Type: |  Diamond DA40CS Diamond Star |
| Owner/operator: | Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udan Academy (IGRUA) |
| Registration: | VT-FGE |
| MSN: | 40.1007 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chhindwara, Near Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh -
 India
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | VAGD |
| Pachmarhi (overflying)- back VAGD | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB India |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane struck terrain during a long navigation cross country solo flight. The trainee pilot died in the crash. P
Probable cause of the accident:
The cadet pilot deviated from his flight path and while flying low over the hills misjudged the heights of the tall trees over the hill top and while attempting to clear the obstacles hit the top of a tree and resulted into the fatal accident.
Sources:
https://archive.siasat.com/news/pune-trainee-pilot-killed-crash-519162/
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Flying-academy-plane-feared-to-have-crashed/articleshow/27871374.cms
Accident investigation:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Dec-2013 10:06 | gerard57 | Added |
| 25-Dec-2013 10:07 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 25-Dec-2013 10:21 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 25-Dec-2013 17:08 | VT-NFH | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2022 18:56 | harro | Updated [Time, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 12-Oct-2022 18:56 | harro | Updated [[Time, Narrative, Category, Accident report]] |
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