- Date
- January 1, 2015
- Place
- Beja, Portugal
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- CS-UJFRans S6
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 94012
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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 1, 2015, about 1700 local time, a Rans S-6 Coyote II, Portuguese registration CS-UJF, impacted terrain after departure from the Beja Civil Aerodrome (LPBE), Beja, Portugal. The pilot and passenger were seriously injured and the airplane was destroyed by a post-crash fire. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and no known flight plan was filed. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Portuguese government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Ministério das Obras Públicas, Transportes e Comunicações GPIAA - Gabinete de Prevenção e Investigação de Acidentes com Aeronave Praça Duque de Saldanha, n.º 31- 4º 1050-094 LISOBOA, Portugal Website: www.gpiaa.gov.pt
Aircraft
- Registration
- CS-UJF
- Reported as
- Rans S6
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 12961080
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Airport
- LPBE · Beja Civil Aerodrome, runway 35, dirt