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| Date: | Thursday 18 April 2024 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 172R Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Ambitions Flying Club |
| Registration: | VT-AFR |
| MSN: | 17281084 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Karad Airport (VA1M), Satara, Maharashtra -
 India
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Karad Airport (VA1M) |
| Karad Airport (VA1M) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Cessna 172R Skyhawk crashed into a wall and flipped over when landing at Karad Airport (VA1M), Satara, Maharashtra, after the pilot lost control.
He was injured and the aircraft received substantial damage.
Sources:
https://www.esakal.com/satara/training-plane-crashes-on-airport-trainee-pilot-injured-luckily-a-major-disaster-was-averted-karad-pjp78
https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/satara-karad-airport-training-plane-crashes-trainees-escape-unhurt
http://photos.wikimapia.org/p/00/04/03/02/71_1280.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Ex N3522S Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 July 2021 | VT-AFR | Ambitions Flying Club Ltd Pvt Ltd | 0 | Aligarh Airport (VIAH), Uttar Pradesh | |
sub |
Location
Media:
VT-AFR , Cessna 172 of Ambitions Flying Club crashed into airport wall of Karad air strip at Maharashtra during a training flight. #aviation pic.twitter.com/Y8xHVH3dl3
— Arindam Majumder (@ari_maj) April 19, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2024 08:39 | gerard57 | Added |
| 21-Apr-2024 12:46 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Category, ] |
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