Accident IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 Islander YR-BNP, Monday 20 January 2014

Date:	Monday 20 January 2014
Time:	15:47
Type:	IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 Islander
Owner/operator:	Scoala Superioara de Aviatie Civila
Registration:	YR-BNP
MSN:	822
Year of manufacture:	1977
Total airframe hrs:	3335 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming IO-540-E4C5
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	3,6 km NE of Petreasa, Alba - Romania
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Ambulance
Departure airport:	Bucharest-Baneasa Airport (BBU/LRBS)
Destination airport:	Oradea Airport (OMR/LROD)
Investigating agency:	CIAS
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The Romanian BN-2A Islander ambulance plane impacted terrain near Petreasa, Romania. The airplane sustained substantial damage and all seven on board initially survived. The pilot died before a rescue party was able to reach the site. One passenger also succumbed to her injuries.
The airplane had left Bucharest at 13:38 hours with a medical team to obtain transplant organs from a patient who just passed away at Oradea. An IFR flight plan had been filed. Over two hours into the flight, the engines began losing power as a result of carburettor icing.
The airplane came down on a hillside in deep snow at an altitude of about 1400 m.

Accident investigation: