- Date
- May 4, 2012, 20:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place
- Tartu, Estonia
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- YL-MEDPiper PA-28-235
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 84657
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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 May 4, 2012, about 2055 universal coordinated time, a Piper PA-28-235, Latvian registration YL-MED, was substantially damaged when it impacted a ditch, during a forced landing at night after a loss of power near Tartu Ulenurme Airport (EETU), Tartu, Estonia. The flight instructor and his two students received minor injuries. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Estonian Safety Investigation Bureau Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Estonian Safety Investigation Bureau Harju st. 11 Talinn 15072 Estonia This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Estonia
Aircraft
- Registration
- YL-MED
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Serial number
- 28-11377
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- EETU · Tartu Ulenurme Airport, runway 26, 5,902 × ft, concrete
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 0° at 0 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.55 inHg
- Observed at
- EETU, 3 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 27, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 22 KB in all.