2017 Tecnam P92 Echo Super accident at Dovera (I-7020)

Event overview and location On 14 April 2017 at approximately 12:50 UTC, a Tecnam P92 Echo Super with registration I-7020 crashed near the city of Dovera in the province of Cremona, Italy. The aircraft had taken off around 12:45 UTC from the “JFK” airfield near Dovera for a local recreational or sport flight. After completing a traffic circuit, it began an approach to runway 16, executed a go-around, and climbed with a southerly heading. Shortly afterward, it struck the ground and caught fire. The wreckage was found about 0.5 nautical miles south of the airfield, inside the area of a farmstead, roughly 200 meters northwest of Dovera at coordinates 45°22’17.38”N 009°32’13.92”E. ## Aircraft, occupants, and damage The aircraft was a single-engine, two-seat, high-wing, fixed-tricycle-gear VDS/VM multi-axis aircraft built by Tecnam, with a maximum takeoff mass of 450 kg and powered by a 100 hp Rotax 912 ULS2 engine. It was owned by the sports association Country Club in Dovera and was used for training. Two people were on board: an 18-year-old Italian male pilot in the left seat and a 27-year-old Italian male passenger who was also a pilot. The pilot held a valid VDS certificate and a valid medical certificate, with a fixed-wing land monoplane rating, but did not hold the required two-seat passenger rating. The passenger’s VDS certificate had expired on 7 October 2016, although renewal procedures had been started; he held a valid medical certificate and was not qualified as a VDS/VM instructor. The aircraft was destroyed, and both occupants sustained fatal injuries. Minor damage was reported to some structures of the farmstead. ## Investigation context and weather The Italian National Agency for Flight Safety (ANSV) conducted the safety investigation under EU Regulation 996/2010 and ICAO Annex 13, with the objective of preventing future accidents rather than assigning blame. No weather station was located at the airfield; the nearest was Linate Airport, about 20 km away. The relevant METAR reported variable winds at 4 kt, 9999 m visibility, scattered clouds at 4,000 ft, temperature 22 °C, dew point 10 °C, QNH 1012 hPa, and NOSIG. The report stated that the weather conditions did not present elements of criticality correlable with the event dynamics.