Date:	Monday 13 January 2020
Time:	11:58:10
Type:	Diamond DA42 Twin Star
Owner/operator:	Hainan Aviation Academy
Registration:	B-9438
MSN:	42.402
Year of manufacture:	2011
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Changyang County, Yichang, Hubei Province -   China
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Yichang Airport (YIH/ZHYC)
Destination airport:	Enshi Airport (ENH/ZHES)
Investigating agency:	CAAC
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Flight number:HNX8602. Owing to improper pre-flight planning, this DA42 flew into icing conditions and could not maintain altitude. The plane kept descending until crashing onto a wooded mountain slope. Examination of the wreckage showed that the crew had configured the plane for emergency landing, but the crash proved unsurvivable.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation-world/story/2020-01-13/3-reported-killed-in-crash-of-trainer-plane-in-china
https://www.yicai.com/news/100466788.html
https://www.docin.com/p-2334189798.html
Aviation Safety Council of CAAC Central and Southern Regional Administration. CAAC Civil Aircraft Accident Investigation Report No. CSCS_AAR_2020_01. 2020/03/10. (in Chinese)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
13-Jan-2020 11:56	gerard57	Added
13-Jan-2020 16:42	Dmitriy	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ]
14-Jan-2020 14:31	gerard57	Updated [Location, Narrative, ]
10-Mar-2021 07:04	Chester.Chan	Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]