2019 Diamond DA62 Crash
<gallery> 132428 |G-MDME, The aircraft involved in this incident at Glasgow-Prestwick at 11 January 2018
On 16 May 2019, when Diamond DA62 took off at Dubai International Airport, the plane lost control and crashed at Mushrif Park killing 4 people.
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| Summary= Crashed at Mushrif Park; under investigation | Site=Mushrif Park, 25.219444,55.450556 | Aircraft | Aircraft type= Diamond DA62 | Registration= G-MDME | Flight origin= Dubai International Airport | Destination= Dubai International Airport | Occupants= 4 | Fatalities= 4 | Survivors= 0
AircraftThe aircraft was a Diamond DA62. AccidentOn 16 May 2019 at 18:08 local time, G-MDME, a Diamond DA62 aircraft, departed Dubai International Airport (OMDB) to carry out aerodrome ground lighting calibration checks as part of the OMDB southern runway refurbishment project. Onboard were two flight crewmembers, a calibration engineer and an observer. The ground lighting check required the aircraft to fly a number of approaches to, and low passes over, Runway 30L. The flights were conducted under visual flight rules (VFR). Prior to departure, the flight crew met air traffic control and airport representatives to discuss the calibration flights. Among the items discussed it was agreed that air traffic control would communicate with the DA62 on a separate frequency. At 18:08 the aircraft departed OMDB from runway 30R to fly its first calibration approach to runway 30L. The Aircraft flew a total of nine circuits performing different aerodrome lighting checks. At 19:29, the aircraft entered the final to Runway 30L for the tenth approach, following a Thai Airways Airbus A350-900 (HS-THK, Thai Airways flight TG517), which was flying the approach to the parallel runway 30R. The Airbus was approximately 3.7 nautical miles (nm) ahead of the DA62. When the DA62 leveled off after turning onto final at an altitude of approximately 1,100 feet (ft) and at an airspeed of approximately 130 knots (kt), it rolled slightly but was recovered after nine seconds. Seven seconds later, the aircraft abruptly rolled to the left until it became inverted and it then entered a steep dive. The aircraft impacted the ground approximately 3.5 nm from the runway 30L threshold. The impact was not visible to the runway approach camera. Evidence noted at the accident site indicated that the aircraft impacted the ground at an elevation of approximately 130 ft while travelling at high speed in the direction opposite to the direction of flight, on a heading of approximately 100 degrees. InvestigationThe cause is still under investigation. The report shows that the pilot didn't maintain a safe distance. Investigators believe that the cause is pilot error. ReferencesKhaleej Times :- https://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/dubai/operations-at-dubai-airport-halted-after-incident-involving-small-plane[permanent dead link]
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