CASA C-295M Crash at Mirosławiec Air Base (019)

Flight Details and Accident Sequence The aircraft departed Warsaw at 1651LT for Krakow, with intermediate stops at Powidz, Poznań-Krzesiny, Mirosławiec, and Świdwin. It carried 36 passengers and a crew of four, returning to base after the 50th Annual Aviation Safety Conference in Warsaw. Nine passengers deplaned at Powidz and 11 at Poznań-Krzesiny AFB, leaving 20 occupants on board for the Mirosławiec leg. On approach to Mirosławiec at night, the crew encountered poor weather: ceiling 300 ft, visibility 2 statute miles, and mist. On short final, the aircraft was unstable, descending at 6,000 ft/min and 148 knots. It struck trees and crashed in a wooded area 1,300 metres short of the runway threshold, bursting into flames. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 20 occupants were killed. The crew consisted of Maj Jarosław Haładus, Adj Robert Kuźma, Adj Michał Smyczyński, and Sgt Janusz Adamczyk. Passengers included Gen Brig Andrzej Andrzejewski, Col Dariusz Maciąg, Col Jerzy Piłat, Lt Col Wojciech Maniewski, Lt Col Zbigniew Książek, Lt Col Dariusz Pawlak, Lt Col Zdzisław Cieślik, Maj Robert Maj, Maj Mirosław Wilczyński, Maj Grzegorz Jułga, Maj Piotr Firlingier, Maj Krzysztof Smołucha, Cpt Karol Szmigiel, Cpt Paweł Zdunek, Cpt Leszek Ziemski, and Cpt Grzegorz Stepaniuk.