ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214614
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 August 2018 |
| Time: | 19:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-44-180 Seminole |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | LZ-BCW |
| MSN: | 44-8195008 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Shumen -
 Bulgaria
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Balchik |
| Shumen airport | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIU Bulgaria |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot tried to land at the airport but failed to do so. The twin engines plane crash landed in a nearby field. One of the pilots died later in the hospital.
During the final approach for landing, the aircraft went into a second go-around due to an unlocked landing gear in the lowered position, but lost altitude and landed gear up in a meadow. After landing, the aircraft struck a tree, sustaining significant damage. The pilot and passenger were taken to hospital with significant injuries. Due to postoperative complications, the pilot died in the hospital on 27.08.2018, on the fifth day after admission.
Reasons
The Safety Investigation Board of the accident gives the following reasons for its occurrence:
Root Cause - Improper actions by the pilot in executing the approach and go-around.
Root cause - Inadequate control of the technical condition of the aircraft by the pilot-owner and by the Airworthiness Department of the DG CAA.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.novinite.com/articles/191782/A+Small+Plane+Crashed+near+Shumen
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-08/25/c_137416885.htm
Location
Media:
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— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 23 août 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-2018 05:35 | gerard57 | Added |
| 23-Aug-2018 05:43 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2018 06:01 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 23-Aug-2018 06:10 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2018 18:47 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 25-Aug-2018 05:18 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 04-Oct-2018 05:57 | Ahgdjs | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 17-Nov-2022 15:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 29-Mar-2024 15:02 | ASN | Updated [Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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