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Da42 crash in Norway today

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Hi it just happened
From a Norwegian news media

There were 3 people on board. We have now set crisis staff, says Granlund.

- We still conduct tactical searches in the area. The plane was completely wrecked, says operations manager on site Jon Terje Stäheli to the press at 11.10, according to TV 2. The Accident Investigation Board Norway has been notified.

According to its own website, the pilot school, which operates from Torp and Notodden, is one of Europe's largest and most modern flight schools and has a large international environment with almost 400 students.

According to Flightradar, there were three school planes in the air in the area at the time of the accident.

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Based on flight radar data, and witness observations, things could point to this being a stall/spin accident. It was a school plane doing air work. But I am sure we will know more later. Incredibly tragic. 3 occupants on board, and the police have now said that they are no longer hoping to find survivors. 😢
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There are some info here but not much, post crash fire, no survivors:
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/269805
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Is this the first post-crash fire reported for a diesel-powered Diamond aircraft with the dual-spar-welded-fuel-tanks design? I hadn't heard of one before.
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2023-02 LN-PFM eng corrected version.pdf
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just found on Twitter - the final report from Norway
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Definitely interesting report, pretty much confirming initial assumptions. For me the most interesting stuff were voluntary anonymous reports of instructor who recovered spins two times - giving the clue what could've happened in this particular case.

Very similar to accident in Sweden https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/183880 which had the same outcome but luckily no fatalities due to aircraft being impaled on the tree (without hurting anyone on board) and slowing down ground hit.
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It seems like they may be intentionally spinning a da42, something it’s not certified for. Or are they just trying to stall it, but being way too aggressive? So dangerous. Maybe because the students get so comfortable with the DA20 and Da40’s?
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Guest wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 5:09 am It seems like they may be intentionally spinning a da42, something it’s not certified for.
I doubt this.
Guest wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 5:09 am Or are they just trying to stall it, but being way too aggressive?
This is more probable but it’s hard to tell what exactly they did. One can only guess based on other DA42 unintentional spin incidents/accidents descriptions (two described in this report and case in Sweden). It’s pretty sure that dropped wing in stall can’t be recovered with ailerons and such attempt probably ends with spin. As well as inputting wrong rudder.
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Vmc demo?
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Boatguy wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 4:08 pmVmc demo?
No. According to plan and ADS-B data for speeds, it was supposed to be demo of stall in landing configuration.
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