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View: https://imgur.com/CTau7Xd
Narrative:
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan skydiving plane crashed into a hangar while performing touch-and-goes as part of a training flight. Gusty conditions were reportedly present at the time of the accident.
Witnesses spoke of a thunderstorm that had passed over the area and strong winds. Many people who were around the airfield were seeking shelter in the hangar.
One of the three pilots sustained fatal injuries and five persons on the ground died in the crash.
View: https://imgur.com/CTau7Xd
| Date: | Monday 17 July 2023 |
| Type: | 
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Operator: | Skydive Warsaw |
| Registration: | SP-WAW |
| MSN: | 208B0854 |
| First flight: | 2000 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Chrcynno Airfield (
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Chrcynno Airfield (EPNC), Poland |
| Destination airport: | Chrcynno Airfield (EPNC), Poland |
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan skydiving plane crashed into a hangar while performing touch-and-goes as part of a training flight. Gusty conditions were reportedly present at the time of the accident.
Witnesses spoke of a thunderstorm that had passed over the area and strong winds. Many people who were around the airfield were seeking shelter in the hangar.
One of the three pilots sustained fatal injuries and five persons on the ground died in the crash.
