# NTSB CEN14WA206: Sui RY, Laurinen Janne, KääRiä Comp AIR 8, Jamijarvi, Finland, April 20, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 20, 2014, 12:40 local (12:40 UTC)
- Place: Jamijarvi, Finland
- Coordinates: 61.099998, 23.2 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1000&lon=23.2000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 7 fatal, 4 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 89089
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN14WA206
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89089/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89089
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14WA206

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SUI RY, LAURINEN JANNE, KÄÄRIÄ COMP AIR 8 (NO SERIES)
- Category: Unknown
- Serial number: 1
- Year built: 2008
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Registered owner: Suomen Urheiluilmailijat ry

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 21, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89089. 32 KB in all.

- Memorandum of Foreign Investigative Authority (item 1, .PDF, 32 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40412609&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20of%20Foreign%20Investigative%20Authority-Master.PDF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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