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Back| Date of event: | 2024.08.09 |
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| Incident number: | CZ-24-1093 |
| Report: | Final report |
| Place of event: | Bartošovice |
| Registration mark: | Air accident |
| Weight category MTOM:: | <2250 kg |
| Type of operation: | Other |
| Plane / SFM: | Airplanes |
| Type of plane / SFM: | Cessna P210N |
| Health effects of event: | With injury |
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Description:
On 9 August 2024, the AAII was notified of an accident of the Cessna P210N aircraft in the vicinity of the village Bartošovice. A foreign pilot was performing a VFR flight according to FPL from Nitra Airport (LZNI) to Borsk Airport (EPBO) in Poland. During the flight in TMA VII Ostrava, at a position of about 14 km W THR RWY 04 LKMT, the pilot sent a distress signal MAYDAY on the frequency and a message that he had an engine failure and was turning towards Mošnov Airport. The pilot decided to try to reach LKMT. He established contact on the TWR Mošnov frequency and reported that he was in a position about 3–4 min W LKMT, at 1,800 ft AMSL and would attempt an emergency landing at Mošnov Airport. ATCo acknowledged the emergency and issued a clearance for landing on RWY 04. At 06:44, approximately 4.8 km from THR RWY 04 LKMT, the pilot announced that he would be landing to terrain as he would not reach the airport.
At 06:45, the pilot landed on a shallow-ploughed field near the village of Bartošovice. After landing with the landing gear and flaps retracted, the aircraft rolled over the nose after about 40 m. The pilot was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed.
The cause of the air accident was engine failure due to fatigue fracture of the exhaust valve stem in cylinder 2 and piston breakage.
A contributing factor was a forced landing to terrain, during which the aircraft was inverted after the propeller and exhaust hit the ground.