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“Control of the aircraft was probably lost due to low speed,” writes the Accident Investigation Board. In addition, it was unstable because it was heavily loaded in the rear and it is also noted that the pilot’s experience was “limited in terms of both normal flight and parachute lifting”.
The 27-year-old pilot had a total of 217 flying hours and only 12 hours on the aircraft type in question. Just minutes before the crash, he had asked to cross the clouds, a maneuver that involved such a high load on the plane that it broke down.
Eight paratroopers and a pilot took off from Umeå Airport at 1.33 p.m. on July 14, 2019. 34 minutes later, the plane disappeared from radar at 4,128 meters above the island of Storsandskär.
The Accident Investigation Board has announced that the plane was too heavy and heavy from behind, possibly aggravating circumstances in relation to the pilot making a 180 degree turn. Parts of the aircraft had detached in midair, including the right wing, which was found in a location other than the fuselage.
“The task of navigating high altitudes to an exact point at the same time that a series of measures were to be carried out according to the checklist was a heavy workload,” the final report states. The cloud cover also made safe flight difficult or impossible, and the high altitude may also have reduced the pilot’s ability due to incipient oxygen deficiency.
Seven men and two women between the ages of 20 and 55 died, all Swedish, one of whom also had US citizenship. After the accident, the Accident Investigation Board has emphasized safety recommendations regarding skydiving and the Parachute Association has clarified its rules.
The Accident Investigation Board has collaborated with its Australian counterpart ATSB, the Swedish Transport Agency, the European Aviation Safety Agency EASA, the Australian Accident Investigation Board ATSB, its civil aviation authority CASA and the aircraft manufacturer Mahindra. Aerospace.
One conclusion of the report is to recommend that EASA introduce formal training for pilots operating parachute flights. The Swedish Transport Agency is further recommended to “work to ensure that adequate or similar loading instructions exist and apply to flights within parachute operations.”
