- Date
- April 20, 2014, 12:40 local (12:40 UTC)
- Place
- Jamijarvi, Finland
- Injuries
- 7 fatal, 4 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- OH-XDZSui RY, Laurinen Janne, KääRiä Comp AIR 8
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 89089
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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 April 20, 2014, at 1240 UTC, a Comp Air 8, Finnish registration OH-XDZ, was destroyed when it departed controlled flight and subsequently impacted in a forest near Jamijarvi Airfield (EFJM), Jamijarvi, Finland. A post-impact fire ensued. Eight of the 10 passengers on board the airplane were fatally injured. The pilot and two passengers received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local skydiving flight which departed EFJM at an earlier time. This investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Finnish government. Any further information may be obtained from: Safety Investigation Authority, Finland Ratapihantic 9, 00520 Helsinki Finland Telephone: +358 2951 6001 E-mail: onnettomuustukinta@om.fi Website: http://www.onnettomuustukinta.fi This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the Safety Investigation Authority of Finland.
Aircraft
- Registration
- OH-XDZ
- Reported as
- Sui RY, Laurinen Janne, KääRiä Comp AIR 8 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Unknown
- Serial number
- 1
- Built
- 2008
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Registered owner
- Suomen Urheiluilmailijat ry
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 21, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 32 KB in all.