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Old 28th Dec 2009, 07:44
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Accident report published in English

Extract from the English version of the accident report:

The pilot took off from Gothenburg City Airport for a solo navigation exercise to gain a night-time endorsement to his pilot’s licence. The climb out was via the outward reporting point BOHUS and thence northwards. After about ten minutes of flight, just north of Kungälv, the engine stopped at a height of 1500 feet. The pilot went through the check list, without any result. He transmitted an emergency message and carried out an emergency landing on the only available lit area, on the E45, which is a four-lane motorway. In order to avoid the lighting columns, the pilot decided at a late stage to land against the road traffic direction in the two left lanes. Despite this the right wing struck a light-ing column before the aircraft landed on the ground. Immediately after touch-ing down the aircraft collided with a private car. The tip of the right wing of the aircraft struck the car windscreen. The aircraft then slid off the road and con-tinued along the grass to the left of the road up to a junction, where the right wing once again collided with a lighting column, which caused the aircraft to swing round to the left, whereupon it stopped. Another private car was struck by gravel and wreckage parts as the aircraft finally stopped.
The pilot was unhurt and could exit the aircraft without assistance. Neither of the car drivers were injured.
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