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| Date: | Friday 16 July 2021 |
| Time: | 15:28 |
| Type: |  Tecnam P2008-JC |
| Owner/operator: | Academy of Aviation |
| Registration: | VT-BRP |
| MSN: | 1126 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near village Vardi, Taluka Chopda, Maharashtra -
 India
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Shirpur |
| Shirpur | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB India |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Tecnam P2008JC aircraft, VT-BRP, crashed while on a training flight. The student pilot sustained serious injuries whereas onboard instructor received fatal injuries and the aircraft was destroyed.
The training flight was scheduled for a dual cross country training flight and the sector planned was Shirpur to Shirpur overflying Shegaon.
The crew were reporting the aircraft position to ATC on RT after every 10-15 minutes (every 10 Nm) as per the laid down SOP. While the aircraft was at around 18 Nm out bound Shirpur, the crew received an RT call from the CFI who was on another training flight on aircraft VT-MRP advised them to set course back to Shirpur. The crew acknowledged and executed an air turn back while the aircraft was at around 20 Nm from Shirpur. There was no further communication from the crew. After some time, the ELT of the aircraft got activated.
The aircraft crashed into a hill at a distance of 26 Nm away from Shirpur and 8.4 Nm off the intended flight track. The aircraft was destroyed during the accident. However, there was no fire.
Probable cause of the accident
The accident occurred as the aircraft was maneuvered abruptly at a high-speed close to the terrain, during which it impacted the trees over the hill, as a result of
• Non-adherence to the SOP, wherein the aircraft was deviated from the assigned flight path.
• Lack of supervision of training flights being conducted in the organization.
• Lack of safety culture in the organization.
• Non-use of available resources such as Garmin G3X SYSTEM installed in the aircraft for data collection, monitoring, and training.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://zeenews.india.com/india/one-dead-in-helicopter-crash-at-maharashtras-jalgaon-aviation-minister-jyotiraditya-scindia-offers-condolences-2376768.html
https://www.news18.com/news/india/helicopter-crashes-in-maharashtras-jalgaon-one-dead-another-injured-3971345.html
https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-pilot-dead-trainee-injured-after-chopper-crashes-in-maharashtra-s-jalgaon-2900965
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jul-2021 17:30 | gerard57 | Added |
| 16-Jul-2021 17:31 | gerard57 | Updated [Other fatalities, ] |
| 16-Jul-2021 19:31 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jul-2021 19:32 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jul-2021 19:36 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jul-2021 19:39 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Embed code, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 16-Jul-2021 19:58 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 19-Jul-2023 14:59 | harro | Updated |
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