Mooney_Driver wrote:
I wonder how long this owner had this planeThe accident airplane had been sold to Bulgaria through a well-known German broker in February, 2017.
Yes. The reg in the thread title updated… and photo removed since it is not relevant.
Peter wrote:
That report is from 30-JAN-2017 – wrong aircraft. This is the one
That was my point. The photo posted above is the aircraft that came to grief on 30-JAN-2017, not the one in Bulgaria, and the two occupants walked away.
GA in Bulgaria is relatively new. I wonder in many cases when I see planes advertized on planecheck if the purse was bigger than the capability.
There was a case not too long ago when a Cirrus SR22 crashed in Bulgaria when the new owner flew it from Sofia to his home airport. No reason why visible.
I wonder how long this owner had this plane and if he was on an IFR plan or not. From where the plane came down, he was on a direct track from Ohrid to Sofia, which is right over mountains, and apparently he reported massive turbulence before loosing contact. Also apparently (hearsay) he wanted to divert to Skopje due to weather before deciding again he wanted to continue to Sofia. The position is southwest of Skopje, so straight in the mountains.
Horrible accident but looking at the weather totally avoidable. It’s a big hubbub in Bulgaria about it apparently and very damaging to the GA scene there…
That report is from 30-JAN-2017 – wrong aircraft. This is the one
Emir wrote:
As usually the journalist picked up first picture of wrecked aircraft he had found on the Internet.
That was an unusually knowledgeable journalist, picking a photo of the correct type of aircraft!
Looking at this picture, I first wondered why there were no survivors, given the cabin is intact, until I found out there actually were…
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=193180
If you have a VPN connection into the US – the republican herald articles linked to by Aviation Safety have the exact picture posted above.
I don’t think that picture in the article shows exact aircraft. As usually the journalist picked up first picture of wrecked aircraft he had found on the Internet. The aircraft on this picture has blue tail while D-EUIB had red one.
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/7495331
Judging the pictures on the Internet, I would say it had hot-prop but not the boots – I guess leading edges only were painted black.
Maybe inaccurate picture?
Peter wrote:
I see no ice protection on it, which is curiousThat is really weird, especially as other recent pictures of the aircraft clearly show boots and a heated windshield.
RIP, very sad!
WX is indeed bad. Stuck in Greece myself. Tomorrow looks a bit better.
