Incident Overview
A training flight departed Zaporozhie Airport at 1257 local time. About 11 minutes later, while cruising at an altitude of 2,100 meters in marginal weather conditions, the crew informed air traffic control that the aircraft was losing height. The airplane then entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a field located 20 kilometers northwest of Zaporozhie Airport and 1,400 meters from the Novogupalovka Station. The impact attitude was 25–30 degrees nose down with a 6-degree left bank. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact, and all five occupants were killed.
Probable Cause
The official investigation determined the probable cause to be loss of control due to insufficient speed while the crew was practicing stabilizer trim change. The aircraft stalled due to poor piloting techniques and a probable wrong interpretation of the indicator airspeed value.