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Ivaylo Penchev
The prosecution is investigating a pilot error.
The owner of Waltopia was successfully operated on “Pirogov”
The replaced fuel filters in both engines may have caused the crash of businessman Ivaylo Penchev’s plane. He himself expressed this doubt to the head of the aircraft accident investigation unit Hristo Hristov, the BTV expert said.
On Monday, Ivaylo Penchev, who became famous for his “conditional donation,” had a successful operation on “Pirogov” on the first lumbar vertebra. After posting a call on Facebook on Sunday for a blood donation, since his blood is rare, Penchev was successfully operated on at the largest emergency hospital in Bulgaria. He was transferred to the Neurosurgery Clinic, where he will remain for a few days until the postoperative period has passed and he can be discharged.
The Waltopia owner hinted that he had crashed due to a technical malfunction caused by the person in charge of maintaining his plane. He said he smelled a strong fuel smell.
However, the Elin Pelin District Attorney’s Office has launched an investigation into her error. One of the lines of investigation is that he caused the accident himself. It will also check for technical failures.
“November 6, 2019 is the last flight, neither the plane nor the pilot have flown for 6 months,” said Hristo Hristov. Before leaving on Saturday, Penchev checked the machine, repaired the tires and refueled.
“It just came to our attention then. The question is who caused it. I can’t pinpoint the culprit now,” said Penchev himself, who also spoke from the hospital on BTV.
“There is a person responsible for the maintenance of the aircraft when there is a technical malfunction, there are many hypotheses: it is the manufacturer’s fault that the maintenance person did not do something.”
The lost engine
power worked
minimum
billing “,
added.
“As much as I think about it, I don’t see where I could have made a mistake for the engine to start” sneezing “and” coughing, “Penchev is convinced.
“I broke my spine, they are talking about my permission,” he commented on the hypothesis that his flight document could be revoked.
The businessman has been piloting for 20 years, but a hang glider. He got on a plane 5 years ago, “the two machines are very similar,” he explained.
Four were eyewitnesses to the accident. Hristo Hristov spoke to them as well as to Penchev himself. It was clear from his words that the owner of “Waltopia” still made a mistake on his return and landing. It led to a sharp loss of speed and the machine became unmanageable.
Otherwise, the engines of this type of aircraft are not certified, explained the specialist. “But they are entertaining, you don’t have to do dives, climbs, the manufacturer has described that this is how you have to plan your way to have a landing pad.” “Such situations have been played during practice where you have to land,” he said.
“It took 3 minutes to discover that the motor was starting to slow down. Report the problems to the coordinator and say he will return to land. First
thought there could be
fuel problem in
a tank
He passes the other, the engine stops again, so he decides to return immediately. It was about 150 meters above the relief, “said Hristo Hristov.
According to him, after the partial reduction in engine thrust, perhaps during the approach to landing the pilot increased the load, the angle was greater than 90 degrees, there was a drop in speed.
“There was a whiplash to the left and the plane fell. There were traces of blades on the runway: the engine continued to run,” Hristov described the incident.
A man from the airport was watching the plane, approaching the fence; dropped a landing gear, but “hung” like a helicopter, had no forward speed. He told him to “relax his nose” and he did. This was said by the employee in question, who kept in touch with Penchev. However, on the right turn at 110-120 degrees, the collapse of speed became a fact and the plane was already unmanageable.
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