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| Date: | Friday 28 July 2023 |
| Time: | c. 10:25 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-36-375 Brave |
| Owner/operator: | Avitrata |
| Registration: | EC-DMO |
| MSN: | 36-7802058 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-720-D1CD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brunhós, Soure, Coimbra -
 Portugal
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | GPIAAF |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Piper PA-36-375 Brave was sulphating rice fields and crashed near Brunhós, Coimbra.
The pilot suffered minor injuries and the cropduster was consumed by fire.
Probable cause: Loss of control of the aircraft at very low altitude.
Contributed to the aircraft loss of control the pilot's lack of preparation for carrying out the assigned mission, taking into account its complexity due to the combination of the surrounding terrain geometry (obstacles) with the need to comply with the technical requirements of aerial crop-dusting at very low altitude.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.noticiasdecoimbra.pt/um-ferido-em-queda-de-avioneta-em-soure/
https://sol.sapo.pt/artigo/803915/queda-de-avioneta-em-coimbra-provoca-ferido-ligeiro-
https://www.cmjornal.pt/portugal/detalhe/avioneta-de-sulfatar-cai-em-coimbra
GPPIAF
Media:
Um ferido em queda de avioneta em Soure | Notícias de Coimbra - https://t.co/P9UpjfAkvI #NoticiasdeCoimbra A queda, na manhã de hoje, de uma avioneta de sulfatar campos de arroz na localidade de Brunhós, concelho de Soure, distrito de Coimbra, provocou um ferido ligeiro, diss... pic.twitter.com/5lZ2z1M6Bh
— NOTÍCIAS DE COIMBRA (@noticiascoimbra) July 28, 2023
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jul-2023 16:29 | Jan Olieslagers | Added |
| 28-Jul-2023 16:33 | harro | Updated |
| 28-Jul-2023 19:13 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 30-Aug-2023 12:42 | JOSÉ VILHENA | Updated |
| 05-Jan-2024 09:31 | harro | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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