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| Date: | Monday 21 October 2019 |
| Time: | 15:20 |
| Type: |  Zlin 242L |
| Owner/operator: | Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA) |
| Registration: | VT-IGM |
| MSN: | 0770 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Raibarelly-Fursatganj Airport (VERB) -
 India
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Raibarelly-Fursatganj Airport (VERB) |
| Raibarelly-Fursatganj Airport (VERB) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB India |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Zlin 242L was engaged in a training flight when it suffered a runway excursion. The airplane hit a drainage ditch and a fire broke out. The pilot survived without injuries.
PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT
Aircraft was high on approach while landing, during flaring aircraft entered into stall due to which aircraft suddenly lost height, thereafter, improper corrective measure to recover the aircraft from bounce, resulted into the accident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/igrua-trainer-aircraft-crashes-cadet-pilot-escapes-unhurt/articleshow/71691786.cms
https://aaib.gov.in/Reports/2019/Accident/Accepted%20Report%20VT-IGM.pdf
Location
Media:
2-seater training aircraft catches fire after uncontrollable landing at state-run flying training institute in UP's Amethi.
— Kishor (@DwivediKishor) October 21, 2019
Trainee pilot, on his second solo sortie, ejected safely but the plane goes BER.
Exact cause of fire still to be verified, matter reported to DGCA. pic.twitter.com/juXHPrmJC7
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Oct-2019 16:22 | harro | Added |
| 21-Oct-2019 16:29 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Embed code, ] |
| 21-Oct-2019 16:29 | RobertMB | Updated [Total occupants, ] |
| 07-Oct-2020 08:26 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Oct-2020 08:27 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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