- Date
- October 6, 2019, 07:50 local (07:50 UTC)
- Place
- Sultanpur, India
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- VT-RGFCessna 172
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: VFR encounter with IMC
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 100380
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Factual narrative
On October 6, 2019, about 0750 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 172, VT-RGF, impacted terrain near Sultanpur, India after requesting to turn back due to bad weather. The student pilot and passenger were fatally injured, and the airplane was destroyed. The airplane was operated under the pertinent civil regulations of the government of India. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of India, this report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of India. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Air Accident Investigation Bureau Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan Safdarjung Airport New Delhi-3 India Tel.: (91) 11 2461-0843 / 2461-0848 E-mail: opsctrl@aai.aero Fax: (91) 11 2469-3963
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- VT-RGF
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial damage