What’s wrong with the Tecnam P2002-JF – The 11th accident in 2025 the Tatoi crash – One trainer rescued

The 2 instructors and occupants of a two-seat P2002-JF Tecnam trainer craft from the 360 Air Training Squadron from the Icons School person been hospitalized astatine 251 Aviation General Hospital since yesterday, arsenic the craft crashed soon earlier 11 a.m. astatine the airdrome astatine Tatoi, raising alarm astatine the Pentagon.

The craft was not carrying immoderate Icarians, portion the 2 instructors sustained respective injuries, with 1 remaining intubated and his workfellow reportedly undergoing backmost country yesterday.

According to reports, the mishap was caused by a helping separation during alignment, which resulted successful the grooming craft yet ending up connected the ground, with the Air Force General Staff present investigating the origin of the accident.

According to a connection from the CAA:

On Wednesday, October 8, 2025, astatine 10:52 a.m., a P2002-JF Tecnam craft of the 360 Air Training Squadron from the Icons School, participating successful a attraction flight, during a scheduled workout successful the ellipse of Tatoi Airport, struck the crushed extracurricular the runway.

The unit of the craft was evacuated to the 251 General Aviation Hospital, wherever they are undergoing the indispensable aesculapian examinations.

The 2 scenarios

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According to accusation cited by ERT connected the causes of the incident, the main scenarios are two:

In the archetypal case the craft was “booked” by the engine, meaning determination was a abrupt nonaccomplishment that caused the contiguous nonaccomplishment of altitude

The 2nd case is that the 2 pilots were performing an motor nonaccomplishment workout and during the effort to get it backmost connected line, this was not possible.

11 accidents by aboriginal 2025

It should beryllium noted that 11 accidents person occurred with this benignant of grooming craft unsocial since the opening of 2025,most connected European soil, and successful respective cases the aforesaid signifier of illness of the beforehand of the level is observed, which is present a origin for interest owed to its frequency.

It volition beryllium recalled that the P2002-JF is simply a two-seat, single-engine, helicopter, low-wing, fixed-wing craft with a fixed landing cogwheel and is utilized for the enactment grooming signifier of the caller Icons (IK I). It is of Italian manufacture, produced by Tecnam and was archetypal enactment into accumulation successful 2002.

The Air Force, successful replacement of the T-41D, successful October 2018 procured the archetypal P2002-JF craft and successful June 2019, the past 3 (3), retired of the 12 (12) full craft it presently has. The 12 P2002-JF trainer craft beryllium to the 360 Air Training Squadron, based astatine Dekelias Air Force Base, with the telephone motion “Thales”. They transportation overgarment consisting of 2 grey (gray) shades, portion the propeller cone, extremity wings and portion of the vertical process fin are red.

• • Technical characteristics/performance of the P2002-JF

• • Crew: 2 (1 aviator and 1 passenger)
  • Engine: Bombardier Rotax 912 S2 four-cylinder piston engine
  • Maximum power: 98.5 hp astatine 5800 RPM
  • Wingspan: 8.6 metres

• Length: 6.61 metres
• Height: 2.43 metres
• Maximum speed: 142 knots (≈263 haw)
• Maximum formation altitude: 14000 feet/ 4260 meters supra mean oversea level
• Max. take-off weight: 620 kg
• Maximum baggage weight: 20 kg
• Average substance consumption: 17 litres/hour
• Maximum fuel: 100 litres (99 litres used)
• Maximum range: 568 nautical miles (≈1052 km)