Date:	Sunday 17 June 2012
Time:	11:00 LT
Type:	Aerostar R40FS Festival
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	YR-5287
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Near Banesti, some 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of Bucharest -   Romania
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	CIAS
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The pilot's Aerostar Festival R40FS ultralight aircraft caught fire after it flew into the light colored electrical cable and then exploded as it crashed into the ground on Sunday morning 17 June 2012.
The pilot was killed.

https://www.wsls.com/news/2012/jun/17/small-plane-crashes-in-romania-pilot-killed-ar-1993886/
http://social.moldova.org/news/plane-crash-kills-1-in-romania-231091-eng.html
http://www.campinaph.ro/2012/06/i-se-spunea-imblanzitorul-de-avioane-petru-lazar-pilotul-care-a-murit-astazi-la-banesti-avea-peste-2-800-de-ore-de-zbor.html

http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=7175448 (photo)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Jun-2012 05:52	gerard57	Added
17-Jun-2012 05:57	gerard57	Updated [Time, Source]
17-Jun-2012 08:15	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative, Plane category, ]
14-May-2020 16:01	harro	Updated [Source, Narrative, Accident report, ]