Accident Pipistrel Sinus YR-5454,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182353
 
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Date:Sunday 15 November 2015
Time:16:25 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic PISI model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Pipistrel Sinus
Owner/operator:OVO DESIGN FURNITURE GRUP S.R.L.
Registration: YR-5454
MSN: 658 SFN 912
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Băleni airfield / Ilfoveni, Dâmbovița -   Romania
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Ilfoveni Aerodrome
Destination airport:Chitila airfield
Investigating agency: CIAS
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The plane was struck by a gust of wind and crashed. The pilot was seriously injured.

Cause of the accident
The cause of the accident was the incorrect estimation of the flight height relative to the dimensions of the aircraft and its position during the execution of the turn, which led to hitting the ground with the right wing tip, due to maneuvers
performed at a very low height, the pilot failing to provide the safety measures imposed by such an evolution and without paying attention to the position of the sun and the evolution of the wind.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: CIAS
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://translate.google.nl/translate?hl=nl&sl=ro&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dambovitanews.ro%2Feveniment%2F8330-avion-de-mici-dimensiuni-prabusit-la-nucet-pilotul-este-in-stare-grava-galerie-foto.html
http://www.aias.gov.ro/images/publicatii/rapoarte-de-investigatie/20151115_RF_YR-5454_EN.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Dec-2015 19:01 gerard57 Added
15-Dec-2015 19:01 harro Updated [Aircraft type]
14-May-2020 14:24 KagurazakaHanayo Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
14-May-2020 14:24 harro Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ]

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