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Ultralight Crash Kills Pilot, Student

Ultralight Crash Kills Pilot, Student


What: LANG Zenair CH 601 Zodiac
Where: Pi?a Airport, Poland
When: May 3 2012
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: 42-year-old Thomas D. Miroslawiec, pilot instructor with the Czech branch of Pila flight school was flying with a 57 year old student, and crashed around 20.00 in a forested area. The accident occurred when the plane was banking to the left. Witnesses say they heard engine problems and saw it fall into the forest. The probably cause is being called a motor failure. TT\he prosecutor and police conducted a visual inspection of the wreck and reported that the plane had been performing a planned training flight.

The airfield is a former military airport build in the 80’s.

The plane fell in a straight line about 500 meters from the northern end of the runway. The plane is badly damaged – burned and bent. Three fire trucks, two ambulances and two police units responded to the scene of the crash.

The Zenair Zodiac is an Ultra-light.

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