Accident Súbito biplane EC-552, Sunday 9 February 2025
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Date:Sunday 9 February 2025
Time:c. 11:30 LT
Type:Súbito biplane
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: EC-552
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:near Alt Camp de Vallmoll Airfield, Alt Camp, Tarragona -   Spain
Phase: Take off
Nature:Test
Departure airport:Alt Camp de Vallmoll Airfield
Destination airport:Alt Camp de Vallmoll Airfield
Investigating agency: CIAIAC
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
An experimental Súbito biplane, performing a test flight, experienced an enginige failure during takeoff from Alt Camp de Vallmoll Airfield and crashed after clipping some powerlines.
The pilot suffered moderate injuries and the ultralight biplane was written off.

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: CIAIAC
Report number: ULM A-001/2025
Status: Preliminary report
Report: Preliminary report

Sources:

https://tarragonadigital.com/successos/avioneta-accidenta-afores-vallmoll-deixa-pilot-ferides_2082085_102.html
https://www.transportes.gob.es/organos-colegiados/ciaiac/ultraligeros-motorizados-ulm/2025/ulm_a-001-2025

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Feb-2025 13:10 ASN Added
09-Feb-2025 13:12 ASN Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, ]
09-Feb-2025 18:27 RobertMB Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, ]
13-Feb-2025 19:18 ASN Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Embed code, ]
17-Feb-2025 14:08 RobertMB Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ]
18-Feb-2025 10:53 RobertMB Updated [Narrative, Plane category, ]
24-Feb-2025 07:25 ASN Updated [Accident report, ]

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