Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Reims/Cessna FA152, Madhya Pradesh Flying Club, Indore, VT-EMU: Accident occurred June 12, 2013, near Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International Airport - VAID, Indore, MP - India











INDORE: Director General of Civil Aviation ( DGCA) today ordered probe into emergency landing of a two-seater trainee aircraft belonging to Madhya Pradesh Flying Club in an agricultural field near Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport here last evening. 

The single-engine Cessna 152 attempted landing at the airstrip of the flying club which is adjacent to the Airport, but failed. Then it landed in the agricultural field and overturned.

Pilot-trainer Captain Anand Vengulekar and trainee Arjun escaped with minor injuries, official sources said.

An official of the Madhya Pradesh Flying Club, Mandar Mahajan, denied reports that mishap took place because of poor maintenance; aircraft was forced to make emergency landing due to a sudden technical snag, he claimed. 


Indore: A pilot and trainee had a narrow escape after a Cessna152 aircraft they were flying in toppled during an emergency landing in a farm near the Indore airport. Sources working at the Madhya Pradesh Flying Club, the owner of the plane, said that the emergency landing was forced due to mid-air engine failure.

 Both the instructor and the trainee pilot reportedly jumped out of the plane at last moment and therefore, escaped unhurt from what would otherwise have been a tragedy.

"The aircraft owned by the Madhya Pradesh Flying Club (MPFC) was being flown by Assistant Pilot Instructor Captain Anand Vengurlekar along with a trainee pilot named Arjun. As the field was soggy after the harvest, so the landing was relatively safe. Anand and Arjun did not get hurt” said Chandan Nagar sub-Inspector Shivpal Kushwaha.


 A Cessna 152 crashed outside Indore Airport, just 100 metres short of the boundary wall. An aerodrome source said that the pilot was forced to land the aircraft due to engine failure.

Chandan Nagar Police Thana Incharge Shivpal Singh Kushwah told The Hindu, that the aircraft owned by the Madhya Pradesh Flying Club (MPFC) was flown by Assistant Pilot Instructor Captain Anand Vengurlekar along with a trainee pilot named Arjun. “The field was soggy after the harvest, so the landing was safe. Anand and Arjun did not get hurt” said Mr. Kushwah.

According to an informed source aerodrome staff scaled the boundary wall with a ladder and brought the two occupants to safety. Milind Mahajan is the secretary of the MPFC and his brother Captain Mandar Mahajan is the chief flying instructor. Both did not respond to calls or text messages. They are the sons of Indore MP and senior BJP leader Sumitra Mahajan.

The club has been flying in rough weather lately. Its annual grant of Rs. 10 lakh from the State government was stopped in 2001. This was resumed at Rs. 2 lakh per year in 2010. This resumption of the grant coincided with the admission of former Chief Secretary Rakesh Sahni's son to the club at a concessional rate. The Lokayukta is probing the case.


Source:  http://www.thehindu.com

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