GippsAero GA8 Airvan crash, Jul 14, 2019 (9 killed), Umeå
GippsAero GA8 Airvan accident on July 14, 2019 near Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden with 9 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control from low airspeed in an...
- Date: July 14, 2019
- Aircraft: GippsAero GA8 Airvan
- Location: Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Loss of control from low airspeed in an unstable, tail heavy airplane, with limited pilot experience in flying without visual references and no safe system for risk analysis and mass and balance.
A GippsAero GA8 Airvan carrying eight parachutists lost control while approaching Umea airport to drop them from about 13,000 feet. The airplane stalled, entered cloud in a rapid descent and broke up in the air, killing all nine on board. The Swedish investigators found the airplane was probably tail heavy and the pilot lacked the experience to recover without visual references.