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Date of event: 2021.06.20
Incident number: CZ-21-0308
Report: Final report
Place of event: near the village of Jickovice, District Písek
Registration mark: Air accident
Weight category MTOM:: 2250 - 5700 kg
Type of operation: Other
Plane / SFM: Airplanes
Type of plane / SFM: North American T-28B Trojan
Health effects of event: The fatal injuries
PDF document: pdf

Description:

On 20 June 2021, the AAII was notified of an air accident of the North American T-28B Trojan aircraft in the vicinity of the village Jickovice, District Písek. Two aircraft were executing a group overflight from the Antidotum AirShow 2021 from EPLS (Leszno / Strzyzewice – Poland) to LOWS (Salzburg / W. A. Mozart – Austria). The pilot of North American T-28B Trojan, flying behind the lead aircraft North American B-25J Mitchell, performed a barrel roll aerobatic element at approximately 1800 ft ALT REG QNH 1008 hPa. While recovering from a descent, the aircraft crashed into the trunks of mature trees in the low-relief terrain in a forest belt and the aircraft wreckage landed on the edge of the forest, where it caught fire. The pilot died and the passenger was seriously injured.