YAK 52 crash in Couvin

[Nevihta]

It looks like a YAK52 departed from Cerfontaine crashed in Couvin.
Apparently only one on board, survived the crash.
http://www.lesoir.be/1439785/article/ac ... l-accident

[sn26567]

More detailed story (the pilot was a former British Airways 747 captain):

https://www.aviation24.be/miscellaneous/ac ... t-injured/

[Auka]

other article here
http://www.sudinfo.be/1788093/article/2 ... -et-baileu

[stratofreighter]

G-CBSS supposedly had a new engine installed very recently...
An engine not without problems

[jan_olieslagers]

No speculation, please.
Was it really that registration?

[[edit: registration seems to be confirmed by new pictures. Still, the engine trouble remains speculation. As stated over and again, we better wait for the official investigation report.]]

[stratofreighter]

http://www.lavenir.net/cnt/dmf20170214_ ... de-aublain

«Il venait d’équiper son Yak d’un nouveau moteur, sans doute était-il en vol d’essai»,
nous explique l’aumônier de l’aérodrome, le Père Bernard Sorel.
A l’aérodrome, aucun signal de détresse n’a été envoyé avant le crash.

...but indeed, let us wait for the outcome of the investigation by
http://mobilit.belgium.be

[sn26567]

The pilot is well, according to his daughter: a broken leg and some other minor injuries.

[Passenger]

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=193584
(no additional info)

[Passenger]

Final investigation report, with compliments from the Belgian AAIU:
pdf 3,52 MB:
https://mobilit.belgium.be/sites/defaul ... aii-02.pdf

[jan_olieslagers]

Dankuwel, meneer! So it was the engine, after all, carburettor most likely. Carburettors are vermin, yes indeed, as my old guru taught me. In this 21st century we really ought to insist on injection, even for petrol engines. But I must admit I fly behind a carburetted Rotax...

[sn26567]

In this 21st century we really ought to insist on injection, even for petrol engines. But I must admit I fly behind a carburetted Rotax...

Like the brand new Sonaca 200...

[jan_olieslagers]

¿ That one should at least offer the option of the fuel-injected version of the Rotax? Frankly, I would have expected that to be the standard, even.