PZL-Mielec AN-28 crash, Mar 31, 2009 (4 killed), Gdynia-B...
PZL-Mielec AN-28 accident on March 31, 2009 near Gdynia-Babie Doły AFB, Pomeranian Voivodeship (Pomorskie), Poland with 4 fatalities. Cause: The pilot...
- Date: March 31, 2009
- Aircraft: PZL-Mielec AN-28
- Location: Gdynia-Babie Doły AFB, Pomeranian Voivodeship (Pomorskie), Poland
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot in command selected full flaps on final, against the published limit, and lost directional control when power was added for the go-around. The instructor did not take over the controls.
A Polish Navy An-28 on a training sortie at Gdynia-Babie Doły was flying a final approach with one engine deliberately inoperative. It stalled at low speed, and the crew attempted a go-around. The aircraft struck trees beyond the runway end and all four crew were killed.