PKBWL preliminary report – accident, helicopter BELL 505 (SP-RMK), Wiciejów near Mińska Mazowiecki, 16/05/2024
We inform that the preliminary report related to the BELL 505 (SP-RMK) accident which occurred on 16/05/2024 in Wiciejów near Mińsk Mazowiecki has been published. As a result of the accident pilot sustained no injuries and passenger sustained minor injuries. The subjected accident is still under investigation of PKBWL team. Read the preliminary report.
PKBWL preliminary report – accident, Cessna 150 (D-EKIQ), Warsaw/Wawer, 1/03/2024
We inform that the preliminary report related to the Cessna 150 (D-EKIQ) accident which occurred on 1/03/2024 in Warsaw (Wawer district) has been published. As a result of the accident pilot and passenger sustained no injuries. The airplane was demaged. The subjected accident is still under investigation of PKBWL team. Read the preliminary report.
PKBWL report – accident, baloon Cameron Z-160 (SP-BOK), Bór n. Nowy Targ, 19/03/2023
On 19 March 2023 at 12:51 hrs, a Cameron Z-160 balloon took off from the vicinity of the village of Szaflary for a commercial flight with seven passengers on board. The flight proceeded normally, and after around one hour, the pilot landed on a meadow some several hundred metres to south from the EPNT aerodrome. […]
PKBWL report – accident, helicopter AS 350 B3e (F-HCHB), Rogoźnik Lake, 23/05/2022
On 23 May 2022, an Eurocopter AS350B3e helicopter with registration marks FHCHB took part in the fire-fighting operation for a forest fire which broke out in the municipality of Świerklaniec. The helicopter would take water from the nearby Rogoźnik Lake and transport it in its underslung bambi bucket. After performing 8 water drops, the helicopter […]
PKBWL preliminary report – accident, STORCH CL (OK-TUV61), Brzeska Wola, 19/09/2023
We inform that the preliminary report related to the STORCH CL (OK-TUV61) accident which occurred on 19/09/2023 in Brzeska Wola has been published. As a result of the accident, 1 person was killed. The airplane was destroyed. The subjected accident is still under investigation of PKBWL team. Read the preliminary report.
PKBWL report – accident, Zenair CH 601 (OK-KUA15), Kiełczynek, 23/05/2023
On 23 May 2023, the pilot intended to perform a recreational flight in a Zenair CH 601 in the area of the Kiełczynek airfield. After arriving at the airfield, the pilotpushed the aeroplane from the hangar, carried out a pre-flight inspection and took a seat in the cockpit. The right-hand seat was taken by a […]
PKBWL report – accident, Jakowlew Jak-52 (SP-YDD), Płock/Vistula river, 15/06/2019
On 15 June 2019 at about 10:55 hrs LMT the pilot and, at the same time, the owner of the Yak-52 aeroplane with registration marks SP-YDD, a citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany, took off for an air show during the VII Płock Aviation Picnic “Płock-2019”. The air show took place over the Vistula […]
PKBWL preliminary report – accident, Cessna 208B (SP-WAW), Chrcynno airfield (EPNC), 17/07/2023
We inform that the preliminary report related to the Cessna 208B (SP-WAW) accident which occurred on 17/07/2023 in the Chrcynno airfield has been published. As a result of the accident, 6 persons were killed and 7 persons sustained serious injuries. The airplane was destroyed. The subjected accident is still under investigation of PKBWL team. Read the preliminary report.
Krzysztof Miłkowski new Chairman of the State Commission on Aircraft Accidents Investigation
We hereby inform that on 27th April 2023, Mr. Andrzej Adamczyk, the Minister for Infrastructure, accepted the resignation of Mr. Bogusław Trela, the Chairman of the State Commission on Aircraft Accident Investigation (PKBWL) and awarded him the Badge of Honour “Well-Deserved for Transportation of the Republic of Poland.” This award is considered the highest distinction in […]
PKBWL report, Accident, Guimbal Cabri G2 (SP-NCA), Nowe Miasto n/Pilicą Airfield (EPNM), 2/07/2020
On the day of the accident, at the EPNM aerodrome, the crew was performing the exercise no. IV/17, acc. to the PPL (H) Training Program, ed. 2 of the ACSL LAW. The planned flights were intended to check the student pilot ability to perform exercise EX-1 “Pre-solo flight exam”. It was planned to perform 10 […]