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| Date: | Thursday 5 January 2023 |
| Time: | c. 23:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Falcon Aviation Academy |
| Registration: | VT-PTE |
| MSN: | 15285850 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dumri Village, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Chorhata Airstrip |
| Chorhata Airstrip | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Cessna 152 crashed after it hit the dome of a temple in Dumri Village, near Chorhata Airstrip, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh.
The instructor died in the crash and the trainee pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was destroyed.
Probable cause of the accident
The accident occurred as the PIC while searching for visual cues for landing in low visibility conditions got disoriented and kept on descending the aircraft during which it resulted into CFIT.
Contributory Factors:
• Non-adherence to flying training SOPs i.e. the decision to operate night flying training with visibility conditions well below the minima required for VFR and continuing the night flying even with deteriorating visibility conditions.
• Non-clarity of existing regulations which allows flying training operations in VFR conditions only.
• Undue self-imposed commitment to complete flying training requirements of student pilots.
• Lack of planning & preparedness for responding to emergency situations.
• Crew not considering diversion to another nearby airport.
• Non-adherence to SOP formulated with ATC, Varanasi.
• Improper communication between the organisation and ATC, Varanasi which lead to incorrect information being conveyed to the aircraft regarding NOTAM for runway closure at Varanasi.
• Lack of specific arrangements for assessing local visibility at Rewa.
Accident investigation:
Sources:
https://www.ptcnews.tv/nation/aircraft-crashes-into-temple-in-madhya-pradeshs-rewa-one-pilot-dead-716297
https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2023/jan/06/pilot-dead-as-trainer-aircraft-crashes-into-temple-inmadhya-pradeshs-rewa-2535285.html
https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/aircraft-crashes-into-temple-in-madhya-pradeshs-rewa-1-pilot-dead20230106101119/
History of this aircraft
Ex C-FSEZ, N95560
Media:
A Cessna 152 (VT-PTF) of Falcon Aviation Academy is crashed yesterday night after it crashed into a temple in Rewa district, India during the training. Sadly
— ???????? (@RaghavanO7) January 6, 2023
a senior pilot Instructor Capt Vimal Kumar died while trainee was injured badly.
RIP? @AviationSafety #aviation pic.twitter.com/7WklmyhOTX
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Apr-2025 17:35 | ASN | Updated [Registration, Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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