ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 263090
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 May 2021 |
| Time: | c. 11:30 |
| Type: |  Tecnam P2010 |
| Owner/operator: | First Aviation Academy |
| Registration: | RP-C8230 |
| MSN: | 062 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brgy Urayong Bayan, Bauang, La Union -
 Philippines
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Iba, Zambales (RPUI) |
| San Fernando Airport (SFE/RPUS) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Tecnam P2010 crashed on a beach in Brgy Urayong Bayan, Bauang, La Union. The pilot died from serious injuries and the aircraft was destroyed.
The student pilot was on his first solo cross country navigation flight when the accident happened.
The flight took off from Iba Community Airport (RPUI) at about 10:00H with planned stops at San Fernando Community Airport (RPUS), Lingayen Community Airport (RPUG) and to be terminated after the flight training operation at RPUI.
Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.
The aircraft was seen circling above the shoreline of Barangay Caba area, then suddenly made a dive towards the water.
PROBABLE CAUSE
• Primary Cause Factor
a. Pilot’s failure to recognize the aircraft bank limitation while turning to the right.
• Contributory Cause Factor
a. Inappropriate navigation chart being used for navigation training flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.rappler.com/nation/aircraft-crash-la-union-may-26-2021
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/26/21/trainer-plane-crashes-in-la-union
https://newsflash.ph/10732-2/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 January 2020 | RP-C8230 | First Aviation Academy | 0 | Subic Bay International Airport | |
sub |
| Bounced on landing | ||||||
Images:
Photo: Media Communications Office, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2021 07:51 | gerard57 | Added |
| 26-May-2021 08:10 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2021 08:27 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2021 08:54 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2021 08:56 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-May-2021 09:36 | harro | Updated [Photo] |
| 24-Jun-2022 17:53 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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