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Narrative: A Cessna 182 was destroyed after an incident that occurred shortly after take off from the airstrip of Pontinia in Lazio, Italy. The five occupants of the plane are all wounded, but alive. There was a post impact fire. Two occupants died later.
CAUSES The cause of the accident is due to the loss of control of the aircraft by the pilot, in the climb phase immediately after take-off, following a critical aerodynamic subsistence of the aircraft. The following factors reasonably contributed to the accident: - the substantial lack of pilot experience on the model Cessna 182 aircraft; - the possible early retraction of the flaps from 20° to 0°, before reaching the expected parameters, as evidenced by the evidence acquired; - the criticality constituted, in relation to the performance of the aircraft, by the limited length of the runway, the presence of obstacles on the take-off line, possible turbulence conditions in the very low layers; - the absence of an operational risk assessment and mitigation system to support the pilot's aeronautical decision making; - the absence of limitations related to the possibility to exercise the privileges of the parachutists' parachute rating within the SEP class without prior instruction or familiarisation on the specific aircraft model.