WX at time of crash
ASN ACCIDENT DIGEST 2005-26
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Date: 30 OCT 2005
Time: 22:05 local time
Type: Let 410UVP-E19A
Operator: Trade Air
Registration: 9A-BTA
Msn / C/n: 912538
Year built: 1991
Engines: 2 Walter M-601E turboprop engines
Crew: 2 fatalities / 2 on board
Passengers: 1 fatalities / 1 on board
Total: 3 fatalities / 3 on board
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: near Bergamo (Italy)
Phase: Climb ?
Nature: Cargo
Departure airport: Bergamo-Orio Al Serio Airport (BGY)
Destination airport: Zagreb-Pleso Airport (ZAG)
Flight number: 729
Trade Air Flight 729 departed Bergamo Airport for a night-time cargo flight to Zagreb. The aircraft crashed and broke up soon after takeoff. Weather was poor with a limited visibility of 200-300 m due to fog.
Weather around the time of the accident (21:05 UTC) was:
LIME 302050Z 13005KT 0300 R28/0550D FG BKN001 11/10 Q1023=
LIME 302120Z 14004KT 0200 R28/0350N FG BKN001 11/10 Q1023=
(20:50 UTC: Wind 130 degrees at 5 kts, visibility 300m, runway visual range on runway 28 is 550 m decreasing in fog, 5-7 oktas cloud at 100ft, temperature 11°C dewpoint 10°C, QNH 1023hPa
21:20 UTC: Wind 140 degrees at 4 kts, visibility 200m, runway visual range on runway 28 is 350 m in fog, 5-7 oktas cloud at 100ft, temperature 11°C, dewpoint 10°C, QNH 1023hPa)
sources: ANSV, Trade Air
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