Trainer aircraft crash-lands in UP; pilot safe

A trainer aircraft crash-landed in a field in Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh, and the 28-year-old lady trainee pilot who operated the plane is safe, according to aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The DGCA is investigating the incident.
“Chetak Aviation Cessna 152 aircraft VT-AFB engaged in solo flying at Aligarh has crash landed in a field in Kasganj. She (trainee pilot) is reported to be safe,” the regulator said in a statement.
According to DGCA, Chetak Aviation has informed that the aircraft landed on the side of the e-way and the pilot is safe and unharmed. Cessna 152 is a single-engine, two-seater aircraft that is mainly used for training activities. Further details could not be immediately ascertained.

The occurrence on Monday is at least the second incident involving a trainer aircraft that has happened in Uttar Pradesh in the last four days. On June 26, a trainee pilot sustained injuries after being hit by a running propeller of a trainer aircraft at the Kanpur airport.
The incident occurred after the trainee pilot deboarded the twin-engine Tecnam P2006T aircraft VT-NBV, and the instructor concerned has been derostered from flying training duties pending investigation, DGCA said on Sunday. The regulator is investigating the incident. The aircraft, belonging to Garg Aviation, a flying training organisation, was engaged in night instructional flying at the Kanpur (Chakeri) airport.

“A flight instructor and a cadet were on board the aircraft. After landing, the trainee pilot deboarded the aircraft with the engine running. The cadet received injuries in her back due (to being) hit by the running propeller. She is admitted to a hospital in Kanpur,” DGCA had said in a statement.
Following the incident, the watchdog also issued directions that the aircraft concerned should not be utilised pending investigation.