Wirestrike Accident Lilienthal X-32 Bekas RA-0285A,
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Date:Monday 8 May 2017
Time:07:09 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LX32 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lilienthal X-32 Bekas
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: RA-0285A
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:in the area of Zhelanovka locality of the Michurinsk district of the T -   Russia
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Agricultural
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: MAK
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Crashed.

Conclusion:
The accident of Bekas 103 RA-0285A occurred while performing aerial chemical work as a result of its collision with an overhead power line wire during a flight at extremely low altitude.
Most likely, the aircraft accident was possible due to a combination of the following factors:
- Lack of clearance of the pilot to perform agricultural flights;
- untimely initiation of a maneuver to increase flight altitude to overcome the overhead power line;
- absence of flight charts and failure to perform a reference familiarization flight at the proposed work site;
- unsatisfactory organization of airborne chemical works;
- Lack of marking of overhead power line wires in the AC area.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: MAK
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 3 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://mak-iac.org/rassledovaniya/bekas-103-ra-0285a-08-05-2017/
Final Report: https://mak-iac.org/upload/iblock/063/report_ra-0285a.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Jul-2022 09:21 Hirurg Added
02-Jul-2022 09:23 harro Updated [Narrative, Accident report]

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