Accident Tecnam P92 LZ-DBI, Monday 5 September 2016
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Date:Monday 5 September 2016
Time:10:38
Type:Silhouette image of generic ECHO model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Tecnam P92
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: LZ-DBI
MSN: 138
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:between Kostenets and Dolna Banya in Sofia Region -   Bulgaria
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Dolna Banya Airport (LBDB)
Destination airport:Dolna Banya Airport (LBDB)
Investigating agency: AAIU Bulgaria
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The plane crashed under unknown circumstances. Both occupants died in the crash.

Causes:
Immediate cause of the aviation accident:
Deviations from proper flight execution by the flying pilot, resulting in descent below the minimum allowable altitude during the landing approach.

Main cause of the aviation accident:
Limited flight experience, lack of established piloting habits and skills, irregular flight activity, and insufficiently thorough preflight and preparatory planning for the specific flight by the flying pilot.

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

Sources:

http://www.bta.bg/en/c/ES/id/1411180
http://www.top-news.top/news-12347203.html
http://btvnovinite.bg/article/bulgaria/incidenti/malak-samolet-padna-kraj-dolna-banja-dvama-zaginaha.html
https://www.mtc.government.bg/sites/default/files/uploads/zveno/avio-2017/finreport_p92_05092016_db_112017.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Sep-2016 12:38 gerard57 Added
06-Sep-2016 12:39 harro Updated [Aircraft type, ]
07-Sep-2016 11:54 Dmitriy Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, ]
13-Jul-2025 13:42 HanayoPlus Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]

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