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| Date: | Tuesday 28 April 2009 |
| Time: | 20:05 |
| Type: |  Cirrus SR22 G2 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | 4X-CWN |
| MSN: | 1678 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-550-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ainos mountain, Cefalonia -
 Greece
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Zakinthos Airport (ZTH/LGZA) |
| Kerkyra-I. Kapodistrias Airport (CFU/LGKR) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIASB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Two Cirrus SR22 aircraft (registration 4X-CWN and 4X-CWO) arrived from Israel at Kos National Airport at 09:18 h. After about 3 hours both aircraft took off with Kerkira as their destination. En route, while at 9,000 ft, they encountered icing conditions. Aircraft 4X-CWO returned and landed in Athens, while 4X-CWN that preceded, landed at Zakinthos airport at 15:11 h.
Next, the pilot of 4X-CWN submitted a VFR flight plan to Kerkira and took off at 16:44 h. At 16:51:50 h the pilot reported his position as 91 nm from Kerkira and at 16:56:11 h he was returning to Zakinthos. The pilot’s wife who was on board the aircraft responded “just a minute please” to two calls from ATC at 16:57:16 h and 16:59:14 h, sounding obviously stressed. After that, despite continuous calls by ATC, there was no further response from the a/c.
The wreckage of the aircraft was located at 05:30 h on 29.04.09 on a mountainous region of Mt. Ainos of Kefalonia which was hard to access, at an altitude of 4.460 ft.
Probable Causes
- Failure in risk assessment and decision making regarding the execution of a VFR flight from Zakinthos to Kerkira,
- Untimely interruption of the VFR flight, resulting in inadvertent flight into IMC,
- Loss of situational awareness, resulting in the impact of the aircraft with the mountain (CFIT – Controlled Flight Into Terrain).
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.pronews.gr/defence/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7507&Itemid=83 (Greek)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Apr-2009 01:15 | nikitas | Added |
| 29-Apr-2009 12:56 | nikitas | Updated |
| 30-Apr-2009 00:00 | nikitas | Updated |
| 30-Apr-2009 04:33 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 14-Dec-2024 10:49 | ASN | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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