Accident Rans S-12 Airaile EC-YJD,
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Date:Tuesday 16 September 2014
Time:14:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic RS12 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Rans S-12 Airaile
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: EC-YJD
MSN: 44/92
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:San Rafael del Yuma La Altagracia -   Dominican Republic
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Private
Departure airport:San Rafael del Yuma Airstrip
Destination airport:San Rafael del Yuma Airstrip
Investigating agency: CIAA Dom. Rep.
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Impacted terrain during a local flight.

Cause:
The pilot apparently did not have sufficient knowledge of the subject of weight and balance in the aircraft, when installing two cement sleeves in the right seat and after taking off, performed a right turn in an uncoordinated manner, which resulted in the loss of control of the ultralight.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: CIAA Dom. Rep.
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://actualidad.com.do/2014/09/avioneta-se-precipita-en-higuey/]

Media:

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Sep-2014 18:29 harro Added
22-Sep-2014 10:18 Anon. Updated [Cn]
16-Jan-2016 13:52 Anon. Updated [Damage]
05-Jan-2018 09:28 harro Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]

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