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| Date: | Tuesday 10 June 2008 |
| Time: | 18:40 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee Cruiser |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | CS-DCQ |
| MSN: | 28-7225536 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Alpiarça, Santarém -
 Portugal
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Santarém Airport (LPSR) |
| Santarém Airport (LPSR) | |
| Investigating agency: | GPIAA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Cessna 152 aircraft, registration CS-DGV, took off from Santarém aerodrome with two crew members on board, to complete the final leg of a flight intended to provide one of the pilots with the necessary hours to renew their pilot's license.
After takeoff, the pilot-in-command contacted the FIS (LIS MIL) and obtained authorization to climb to an altitude of 2,000 feet AMSL. Meanwhile, a Piper PA-28-140 aircraft, registration CS-DCQ, which had taken off from the same aerodrome before the CS-DGV and was flying nearby in uncontrolled local flight, approached the Cessna 152 and positioned itself above it, by then already leveled at the altitude instructed by the FIS.
As a result of this maneuver, the two aircraft collided. The collision occurred when the landing gear of the Piper PA-28 struck the upper part of the Cessna, damaging its rudders and flaps and tearing off its propeller. Both aircraft had to make emergency landings: the Cessna managed to land in a cultivated field, suffering significant damage but with no injuries to the two pilots, who exited the aircraft unharmed; the Piper was destroyed by fire after crashing into a plowed field, but its three occupants, although injured, managed to evacuate the aircraft on their own.
Causes of the Accident
Primary Cause
Mid-air collision between the Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee aircraft, registration CS-DCQ, and the Cessna C152 aircraft, registration CS-DGV, resulting in the loss of control characteristics of both aircraft;
Contributory Causes
The following factors were considered to have contributed to the occurrence of the accident:
a. Violation of the Rules of the Air (Annex II, Chapter 3, subchapter 3.1, item 3.1.1 and subchapter 3.2, item 3.2.1); b. Obstruction of the pilots' vision caused by the positioning of a low-wing aircraft above a high-wing aircraft, preventing each crew member from seeing the opposing aircraft;
c. Landing on unprepared terrain, which resulted in the destruction of one of the aircraft and injuries to its occupants.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Lusa News Agency
GPIAAF
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2008 00:07 | Xavier | Added |
| 13-Jun-2008 08:22 | harro | Updated |
| 09-Jun-2012 12:29 | JFigueiredo | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Apr-2025 18:39 | ASN | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 11-Apr-2025 18:51 | ASN | Updated |
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