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| Date: | Friday 21 January 2022 |
| Time: | 20:16 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP |
| Owner/operator: | Pioneer Flying Training Organisation |
| Registration: | VT-AMU |
| MSN: | 172S9492 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2003 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Aligarh Airport -
 India
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Aligarh Airport |
| Aligarh Airport | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB India |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft crashed when approaching to land following a night-time training flight.
Probable cause of accident
Somatogravic Disorientation followed by a complete loss of situational awareness leading to a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) was the direct cause of this accident.
Attempting to land in poor visibility conditions well below the authorized minima is considered to be the major cause of this accident.
The supervisory lapses, omissions of DGCA laid down rules, non-adherence to TPM procedures and SOPs, pushing for completion of flying training syllabus, regardless of rules, safety and prevailing weather conditions vis-à-vis skill sets of trainees were the contributory factors for the accident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://twitter.com/shukla_tarun/status/1484758762292662275
Media:
New :
— Tarun Shukla (@shukla_tarun) January 22, 2022
- Pioneer Flying Training Organisation's @Cessna 172 VT-AMU returning from night cross country flight Aligarh - Moradabad - Aligarh crashed outside aerodrome boundary y'day during poor visibility.
- Trainee pilot, trainer safe.
- @DGCAIndia investigating. Some pics : pic.twitter.com/JsIvcqXtlk
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2022 09:33 | harro | Added |
| 22-Jan-2022 09:34 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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