Accident Partenavia P.68 Victor I-VICC, Friday 31 January 2020
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Date:Friday 31 January 2020
Time:11:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic P68 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Partenavia P.68 Victor
Owner/operator:Arendair
Registration: I-VICC
MSN: 16
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Minor
Category:Accident
Location:Antwerpen-Deurne Airport (ANR/EBAW) -   Belgium
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Test
Departure airport:Antwerpen-Deurne Airport (ANR/EBAW)
Destination airport:During a local flight after maintenance, when the aircraft was climbing at 10
Investigating agency: AAIU Belgium
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
During a local flight after maintenance, when the aircraft was climbing at 1000 ft after departing Antwerpen-Deurne Airport (ANR/EBAW) the cabin emergency exit window detached and parted from the aircraft.
The aircraft returned to Antwerpen-Deurne Airport (ANR/EBAW) and made a succesful landing.

Cause
The emergency door operating handle was not in the “closed” position and therefore not securing the door in its position before the flight.
Contributing factors:
The operation of the handle is not protected for unintentional action and the positions (locked – released) are not identified.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: AAIU Belgium
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20200201_04831172/privevliegtuig-verliest-raam-boven-noorderlaan
http://www.asa-be.com/Files/Traffic2020/ANR202001.pdf

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Feb-2020 17:13 Anon Added
18-Feb-2020 19:09 RobertMB Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Narrative, ]
28-Nov-2021 19:53 harro Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative, Category, Accident report, ]
25-Jun-2022 20:52 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]

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