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Back| Date of event: | 2023.12.07 |
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| Incident number: | CZ-23-1410 |
| Report: | Final report |
| Place of event: | field near the village of Pěšice |
| Registration mark: | Air accident |
| Weight category MTOM:: | <2250 kg |
| Type of operation: | Recreational and sport aviation |
| Plane / SFM: | Sports flying machine |
| Type of plane / SFM: | VL-3 Evolution |
| Health effects of event: | The fatal injuries |
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Description:
On 7 December 2023, the AAII was notified of an air accident of the VL 3 Evolution UL aircraft in a field near the village of Pěšice in the Chrudim region, approximately 8 km west of the take-off airport.
The pilot and another person on board (hereinafter the “pilot of the other aircraft”) landed at LKVM at 10:09 to take over a new UL aircraft from the manufacturer. Both pilots were foreign nationals. After completing the necessary formalities, pre-flight preparation and two short flights over the airport, they took off at 12:09 in a group of two VL 3 UL aircraft from RWY 12L and turned left to follow a course of about 275 degrees. At the western edge of the LKVM ATZ, weather conditions deteriorated significantly, and the pilot climbed into clouds, where he manoeuvred horizontally and vertically, probably in an attempt to regain visual contact with the ground. A casual witness saw the UL aircraft falling in spin, but did not see the actual impact on the ground. The UL aircraft was destroyed on impact with the ground. The pilot died in the UL aircraft wreckage.
The pilot of the other aircraft, after entering the clouds, climbed to an ALT of 5,000 ft and continued to fly southwest over the clouds. Subsequently, he aborted the flight to the destination, flew above the cloud cover to the LKUO ATZ, where he regained visual contact with the ground and performed an approach and subsequent landing at LKVM under the cloud cover.
Various IRS units intervened at the accident site. On the same day, an AAII inspector arrived at the accident site and together with a forensic physician and the Police of the Czech Republic carried out an investigation.