Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Jamijarvi Finland
Sunday, April 20, 2014 12:40 UTC

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

On April 20, 2014, at 1240 UTC, a Comp Air 8, Finnish registration OH-XDZ, was destroyed when it departed controlled flight and subsequently impacted in a forest near Jamijarvi Airfield (EFJM), Jamijarvi, Finland. A post-impact fire ensued. Eight of the 10 passengers on board the airplane were fatally injured. The pilot and two passengers received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local skydiving flight which departed EFJM at an earlier time. This investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Finnish government. Any further information may be obtained from: Safety Investigation Authority, Finland Ratapihantic 9, 00520 Helsinki Finland Telephone: +358 2951 6001 E-mail: onnettomuustukinta@om.fi Website: http://www.onnettomuustukinta.fi This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the Safety Investigation Authority of Finland.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 4/20/2014
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1240
Event Time Zone Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT
Event City Jamijarvi
Event State --
Event Country FINLAND
Zipcode of the event site --
Event Date Year 2014
Event Date Month 4
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 610600N
Event Location Longitude 0231160E
Event Location Airport --
Event Location Nearest Airport ID --
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport --
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source --
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID --
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions --
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions --
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling --
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) --
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) --
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator --
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Wind Gust Indicator --
Wind Gust (knots) --
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Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal 7
Injury Total Minor 4
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 11
Investigating Agency Foreign
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) --
NTSB Notification Source Safety Investigation Authority
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Apr 21 2014 12:47PM
User who most recently changed record bowl
Basic weather conditions --
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number --
NTSB Number CEN14WA206
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part --
Type of Flight Plan filed --
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire Ground
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name SUI RY, LAURINEN JANNE, KÄÄRIÄ
Aircraft Model COMP AIR 8
Aircraft Series Identifier NO SERIES
Aircraft Serial Number 1
Certified Max Gross Weight 5600
Aircraft Category Unknown
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? --
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft --
Number of Engines --
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection --
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Suomen Urheiluilmailijat ry
Aircraft Owner Street Address Panu KääriäinenNorrintie 12
Aircraft Owner City 31300 TAMMELA
Aircraft Owner State --
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode --
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Operator Country USA
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Owner has at least one certificate --
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
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Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) --
Second Pilot on Board --
Departure Point Same as Event --
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Departure Time --
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Destination Same as Local Flt --
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Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Apr 21 2014 12:50PM
User who most recently changed record bowl
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location --
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight --
Air Medical Flight --
Medical Flight --