Yak-52 in the Samara region could fall due to pilot error – RIA Novosti

© Photos: EMERCOM in the Samara region

SAMARA, July 25 – RIA Novosti, Yekaterina Nizamova. The collapse of the Yak-52 near Samara could be due to pilot error during the execution of aerobatic maneuvers, told RIA Novosti on Saturday representative Privolzhskaya Maya Ivanova transport prosecutor’s office.

“According to preliminary reports, the tragedy occurred at the time of the pilot aerobatics. Probably the incident occurred because of pilot error. He did not pull one of the figures, “- said the agency interlocutor.

According to Ivanov, currently in place are working representatives Kuibyshev transport prosecutor’s office. They conduct primary screening event. However, all materials will later be transferred to the military prosecutor’s office, since the plane belonged to the organization DOSAAF.

According to the Volga Transportation Prosecutor’s Office, in the cockpit of the Yak-52 were 53-year-old driver and 43-year-old flight instructor. Both of them are registered in DOSAAF pilots from 2004 and 2009, respectively. Which of them was at the controls at the time of the tragedy, is not specified.

The plane took off from an airfield in the village of Bobrovka DOSAAF Samara region at 13:16 (MSK). After 14 minutes of contact with them was lost and, according to preliminary data, at 13:35 (MSK) crashed. Before the flight the pilots passed a medical examination and refuel the aircraft at the airport Bobrovka.