What happened
On February 6, 2025, a series of training flights were scheduled to take place near the Myachkovo settlement. The flights were part of a specialized instructor training program for single-engine land aircraft, covering both Tecnam P2002 and Cessna 172 models. The operations were conducted by Aero Region Training LLC.
The flight plan for the day included two distinct segments. The first flight was scheduled to depart Myachkovo at 06:45, traveling to the Novinki airfield in the Moscow region and returning to Myachkovo without landing at the destination. The second flight was planned for an 11:45 departure, following a route from Myachkovo via the MKAD, Kartino, Genke, and Voskresensk, before returning to the starting point. These flights were intended to be conducted under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) within Class C airspace. All necessary flight plans had been submitted to the Moscow Air Traffic Control Center on February 5, 2025, and required permissions were obtained.
During the first flight of the day, a student pilot was participating in the training. Following the completion of this initial flight, the student pilot did not participate in further scheduled operations for that day. The aircraft utilized for the primary training mission was a Tecnam P2002-JF, registration RA-01808.
The investigation
Prior to the first flight on February 6, 2025, operational maintenance was performed on the aircraft by a specialist from Aero Region Training Technics LLC. Regarding medical protocols, a pre-flight medical examination of the pilot-in-command and the student pilot was not conducted. However, under the applicable aviation regulations (FAP-128), this was not considered a violation, as the regulations allow the pilot-in-command to make the decision to authorize the crew for flight when operating from airfields lacking medical personnel.