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| Date: | Tuesday 20 March 2018 |
| Time: | 15:15 |
| Type: |  American Champion 8KCAB Super Decathlon |
| Owner/operator: | Genesa Flight Academy (GFA) |
| Registration: | PK-RTZ |
| MSN: | 1010-2005 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tunggul Wulung Airport (CXP), Cilacap -
 Indonesia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Cilacap-Tunggul Wulung Airport (CXP/WIHL) |
| Cilacap-Tunggul Wulung Airport (CXP/WIHL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Super Decathlon registered PK-RTZ conducted an aerobatic solo flight exercise for preparing a flight demonstration in the graduation ceremony of the student pilots in Genesa Flying School.
The aircraft (PK-RTZ) departed Tunggul Wulung Airport, Cilacap at 0020 UTC (0720 WIB) together with three Cessna 172 aircraft (PK-RTA, PK-RTF and PK-RTW). After departure, these four aircraft conducted formation flight and fly pass exercise. After completion of the formation flight, three Cessna aircraft landed and waited on the end of runway 31 while PK-RTZ conducted the aerobatic flight exercise.
The aerobatic flight exercise was the first exercise conducted in Tunggul Wulung.
The aerobatic maneuver was conducted during approximately 2.5 minutes. The investigation reviewed the maneuver and found that the pilot performed a Loop, Cuban eight, Split-S, Loop, Split-S, Split-S and the last maneuver could not be determined.
At the last maneuver, the aircraft flew aligned with runway 31, climbed then made left roll continued with nose up until the aircraft became inverted. The aircraft then flew down with the pitch down decreasing and crossed runway 31. The aircraft bounced on the apron and flew into the Perkasa Flying School hangar.
The pilot was fatally injured and four aircraft on the apron (PK-PBA, PK-PBE, PK-PBK and PK-PBM) and two aircraft in the hangar (a.o. PA-28 PK-PBF) were substantially damaged.
The investigation determined the contributing factor, the aircraft initiated the roll earlier and at lower altitude which not accordance to the guideline resulted in the aircraft altitude too low and the aircraft bounced to the apron during leveling off.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.gulf-times.com/story/585833/Pilot-killed-in-trainer-aircraft-crash-in-Indonesi
http://www.tribunnews.com/regional/2018/03/20/korban-pesawat-latih-jatuh-di-cilacap-kolonel-hanafie-ternyata-penerbang-sukhoi-pertama
https://www.newsflare.com/topic/crime-accidents
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https://genesaacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Decathlon-1.jpg
https://www.flyperkasa.com/
https://genesaacademy.com/
Images:
Photo: NTSC
Media:
Pilot Tewas Saat Pesawat Sekolah Penerbangan Ganesha Jatuh di Bandara Tunggul Wulung https://t.co/HQAgpFvgLJ pic.twitter.com/5XRtMeF6Qo
— aladin (@aladin_archer) 20 mars 2018
FOTO-FOTO Kecelakaan Pesawat Latih di Bandara Tunggul Wulung Cilacap https://t.co/es8cbwisQF pic.twitter.com/fAM9NzFhrY
— helda sani (@HeldaSani) 20 mars 2018
Super Decathlon plane crashes, Indonesia. STPI Curug Speaks Deeply Grief over the Death of Colonel Pnb MJ Hanafie.https://t.co/sYCBpS0eRH pic.twitter.com/8SXv7MgWA1
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 20 mars 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Mar-2018 17:11 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 20-Mar-2018 17:17 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Registration, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Mar-2018 17:19 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Registration, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Mar-2018 17:34 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Damage, ] |
| 20-Mar-2018 19:59 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Mar-2018 20:08 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Mar-2018 20:10 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 20-Mar-2018 21:03 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Sep-2020 11:04 | harro | Updated [Cn, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Photo, Accident report, ] |
| 17-Sep-2020 11:07 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, Accident report, ] |
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