Britten-Norman Islander crash, Jan 20, 2014 (2 killed), P...
Britten-Norman Islander accident on January 20, 2014 near Petreasa, Alba, Romania with 2 fatalities. Cause: CIAS (final report, October 2015): both...
- Date: January 20, 2014
- Aircraft: Britten-Norman Islander
- Location: Petreasa, Alba, Romania
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: CIAS (final report, October 2015): both engines shut down because of severe carburetor icing. Contributing factors were inadequate risk assessment, crew inexperience on the type, continuing in icing and instrument conditions under visual flight rules, and takeoff above maximum weight with the center of gravity outside limits.
On 20 January 2014 a twin engine Islander ambulance flight carrying a medical team to Oradea to collect donor organs for transplant crashed on a snowy wooded hillside in the Apuseni Mountains near Petreasa, Alba. Both engines lost power from carburetor icing, and the aircraft struck trees during an attempted emergency landing. The captain and a medical student were killed, and five others were injured; the aircraft was destroyed.