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A Cessna C172 trainer aircraft operated by Academy of Carver Aviation suffered damage after veering off the runway at Baramati airfield in Maharashtra, with two people onboard. The incident occurred during a training exercise involving rejected take-off procedures. The flight instructor and trainee escaped without injuries. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is sending its air safety team to the site for a preliminary investigation into the incident. The development comes months after a chartered aircraft crashed near the same airfield, killing Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others.
A Cessna C172 trainer aircraft with two people onboard was damaged after veering off the runway at the Baramati airfield in Maharashtra on Sunday afternoon. There were no injuries or fatalities, according to the Civil Aviation Ministry.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is sending its air safety team to the site to conduct a preliminary investigation and determine the circumstances and contributing factors behind the incident.
The incident involved Cessna C172 aircraft VT-SEX, operated by flying training school Academy of Carver Aviation. It occurred at around 12.25 pm while the aircraft was being used for a Circuit and Landing Emergencies training exercise.
The aircraft was under the command of flight instructor Captain Chirag Shashikant Doifode, with trainee Abhijeet Jundre onboard. According to the ministry, the aircraft taxied out at around 12.09 pm for the scheduled training exercise.
During the exercise, the aircraft entered the runway through Link Bravo and lined up at the threshold of runway 29, where a rejected take-off exercise was carried out. It later lined up at the threshold of runway 11 for another rejected take-off exercise.
During the exercise, the aircraft was unable to stop within the paved runway surface and subsequently veered off the extended paved surface beyond the threshold of runway 29 towards the right side, resulting in a runway excursion.
The ministry said the aircraft suffered prima facie damage to its propeller, engine cowling and nose landing gear. A detailed assessment of the damage will be carried out by the competent authorities. Baramati airfield is an uncontrolled airfield, meaning it does not have a control tower or the tower is not operational.
The incident also comes against the backdrop of an earlier crash near the same airfield. A chartered aircraft carrying Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others crashed near Baramati airfield in January, killing all five people onboard.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), in its preliminary report on that crash, had raised concerns over the condition of the runway. The report noted fading runway markings and loose gravel on the runway surface.
AAIB had stated that the last runway re-carpeting was carried out in March 2016 and no further re-carpeting had taken place, resulting in faded runway markings and loose gravel. It recommended that DGCA ensure stakeholders responsible for uncontrolled airfields maintain the required safety standards.
The AAIB had also recommended that DGCA issue specific directions to stakeholders responsible for managing and maintaining uncontrolled airfields to ensure safe aircraft operations.
Source PTI
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