ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235647
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| Date: | Friday 1 May 2020 |
| Time: | 16:20 LT |
| Type: |  Grumman American AA-5 Traveler |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | UR-DCJ |
| MSN: | AA5-0546 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | at Kamyanka airfield, Dnipro city -
 Ukraine
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | UKVK |
| UKVK | |
| Investigating agency: | NBAAI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On May 1, 2020, the crew of a private Grumman AA-5 UR-DCJ aircraft (consisting of a pilot and an instructor pilot) performed private flights in a circle in the area of "Kamyanka" airfield (Dnipro city). During the next take-off, at 16:20 LT, at the true altitude of 30-40 meters, the engine failed, the pilot-instructor, who at that time was piloting the aircraft, made a U-turn with a large roll. The plane collided at a large angle with the ground. The aircraft caught fire due to a collision with the ground. As a result of the fatal accident, the pilot and the pilot instructor were killed, the aircraft was destroyed.
Cause
The investigation team believes that the most probable cause of the fatal accident of the Grumman AA-5 UR-DCJ aircraft was the engine shutdown during the climb after the takeoff, due to the complete consumption of fuel from the right fuel tank.
The contributing factors became:
- The improper control of the fuel consumption from different tanks, which resulted in untimely switching of the fuel valve from the right tank to the left one;
- The pilot's decision-making to return to the aerodrome of departure, despite of the low altitude, instead of performing a forced landing in front of him.
Factor: human (PIC-instructor, PIC)
Category: FUEL, CFIT.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://focus.ua/ukraine/454747-v_dnepre_poterpel_krushenie_samolet_est_zhertvy
https://www.dsns.gov.ua/ua/Nadzvichayni-podiyi/107994.html
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/50628_1509282257.jpg (photo)
https://nbaai.gov.ua/en/enquiry/fatal-accident-with-grumman-aa-5-traveller-ur-dcj/
Images:
Photo: State Emergencies Ministry
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-May-2020 17:26 | DavidNowman | Added |
| 01-May-2020 17:28 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2020 17:30 | harro | Updated [Source, Photo] |
| 01-May-2020 18:05 | Anon. | Updated [Date] |
| 01-May-2020 18:50 | The2ndBaron | Updated [Nature] |
| 01-May-2020 21:51 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2021 14:40 | Serhii | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 17-Aug-2021 14:43 | harro | Updated [Phase, Narrative, Accident report] |
| 17-Aug-2021 14:44 | harro | Updated [Accident report] |
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