- Date
- January 20, 2014, 14:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Horea, Romania
- Injuries
- 7 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- YR-BNPBritten Norman BN-2A-27
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 88702
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On January 20, 2014, about 1400 coordinated universal time, a Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 airplane, YR-BNP, impacted mountainous terrain near Horea, Cluj, Romania. The two pilots, and five passengers were all fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed. The flight departed the Baneasa International Airport (LRBS) and was en route to the Oradea International Airport (LROD). According to information provided by the Romanian investigators, the airplane impacted a snowy, wooded area in mountainous terrain under unknown circumstances. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Romanian government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Romanian government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Romania Civil Aviation Safety Investigation and Analysis Center (CIAS) 40 Bucharest-Ploiesti Road, District 1 Bucharest, Romania 013695 Info@cias.gov.ro Phone: +4.021.222.05.35 Fax: +4.0378.107.106
Aircraft
- Registration
- YR-BNP
- Reported as
- Britten Norman BN-2A-27
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0822
- Damage
- Destroyed