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DA40 crash in Russia

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Not much info as of yet, two fatal, training flight
Ulyanovsk airplane, they've got Tundra Stars
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Re: DA40 crash in Russia

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Very preliminary - local news based on what the flight school colleagues said:

- engine out after take-off at 80-100m of altitude, unsuccessful forced landing into obstructions

from the Russian CAA:

- aircraft crashed into a forest after take-off, making crosswind turn about 1000m from the departure end of the runway

So at this point the Russian training fleet of DA40-NGs is grounded pending the result of the investigation

PS Plane was a Tundra Star based on this video - http://vk.com/video-37363904_168330272? ... acc2c3e0bd - steps behind the wing, not in front of it
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Re: DA40 crash in Russia

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If this report is accurate it's the first I've heard of an Austro engine failure in-flight.
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Re: DA40 crash in Russia

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... and it would make a big dent in my belief that single engine planes are safer precisely because of this "engine failure just after take-off" scenario...

It is very sad that the poor guys could not find an survivable crash site. I wonder how much the additional kinetic energy of the Tundra Star has contributed to making the accident fatal.
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Re: DA40 crash in Russia

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Antoine wrote:I wonder how much the additional kinetic energy of the Tundra Star has contributed to making the accident fatal.
Possibly just unfortunate in this case, due to having nowhere to land clear, but that was my concern when I first read that these aircraft were going to be used for flight training. However, I felt I'd banged on enough about their increased stall speed, so decided to keep my own counsel.
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CFIDave wrote:If this report is accurate it's the first I've heard of an Austro engine failure in-flight.
This DA42M-NG went down 2 years ago...

http://www.diamondaviators.net/forum/da ... t3974.html
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Re: DA40 crash in Russia

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Does the Tundra Star have the airbag seatbelts?
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Re: DA40 crash in Russia

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Colin wrote:Does the Tundra Star have the airbag seatbelts?
I doubt it.

Eric and I both had to have our DA42-VI aircraft flown to Diamond Canada in order to add Amsafe seatbelt airbags, since they couldn't be installed at the Diamond Austrian factory. They're added to DA40s and DA42s via an FAA STC.
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Re: DA40 crash in Russia

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Hi All,

I had the opportunity to fly the Tundra Star on my most recent trip to the Austrian Factory and I have flown the DA40 NG so I can add a comment or two from direct experience and provide this article I wrote about flying the Tundra Star.

http://glasspilot.com/2013/05/flying-th ... ndra-star/

The plane once in the air feels very much like a DA40. The Tundra Star on the grass of course feel quite different with the different gear. More pilot input is required for rotation with the balance of the plane being different so it feels more like the input required for "typical older airplanes". I think in that regard we are all a tad spoiled with the magic of effortless rotation on the gas DA40. There are a few knots more carried on landing but I found it to be nothing special. Glide was similar to what I experience in the DA40 I fly. The Tundra version is of course slowed down by the big tires. I did not find anything but the usual well balanced nice behaving aircraft in the Tundra Star albeit with a little different feel. Wishing I had one in the stable to ride :-)
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Re: DA40 crash in Russia

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We are drifting off here, but I wanted to react to your post and link, John.

Of course the AE300 is much more modern and smoother than the IO-360. But its enormous weight has pushed the original DA40 concept to its absolute structural limits. It has dragged this airframe which used to lead the industry in safety back into Cirrus numbers. You noticed it upon rotation and mentioned "carrying a few extra knots on landing".

Do the math and you'll find that the crash energy of an AE300 equipped DA40 increased by more than 30%. This is a big deal to me. If I were to pick a DA40 trainer for -say- my kid's PPL I would not accept anything but the -180.
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