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| Date: | Thursday 24 September 2020 |
| Time: | 09:34 LT |
| Type: |  Lilienthal X-32 Bekas |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | RA-0285A |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Druzhba, Kamensky district, Tula region -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | MAK |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The ultralight aircraft struck high tension wires and crashed during an aerial application flight over a sunflower field. The pilot died in the accident.
The accident with RA-0285A occurred during the day, in visual meteorological conditions, as a result of a collision with the wires of an overhead power transmission line.
The accident is most likely due to a combination of the following factors:
-insufficient preparation of the PIC for flight in terms of studying the features of the terrain and obstacles in the flight area;
-lack of circumspection in flight;
-flight against the sun (directional angle of the sun 28° and angle 26° relative to the horizon) at extremely low altitude;
-lack of marking of the overhead power line.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://mak-iac.org/rassledovaniya/eevs-samolyet-bekas-103-ra-0285a/
https://www.vesti.ru/article/2462737
Images:
Photo: MAK
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Sep-2020 18:57 | harro | Added |
| 29-Sep-2020 17:22 | Hans Gruber | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 27-Feb-2021 19:18 | rudy | Updated |
| 04-Jun-2021 08:04 | harro | Updated [Time, Phase, Narrative, Category, Accident report, Photo, ] |
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