Crash of a Let L-410UVP-E3 in Brno: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 13, 1998 at 1832 LT
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
YV-928CP
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Gomel – Kunovice
MSN:
87 19 19
YOM:
1987
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The aircraft was transferred from Gomel to Kunovice for maintenance purposes. On approach to Kunovice, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and decided to divert to Brno-Tuřany Airport where the conditions were poor as well. Two approaches were abandoned. During the third attempt to land, in a gear up/flaps up configuration, the aircraft crashed 3,5 km from the runway threshold and was destroyed upon impact. Both pilots were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was reduced to 50 metres due to thick fog.

Crash of a Let 410 in Uherské Hradiště: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1977
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
OK-162
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
d’Uherské Hradiště - d’Uherské Hradiště
MSN:
X03
YOM:
1970
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew (two pilots and two technicians) departed d’Uherské Hradiště-Kunovice Airport for a local test flight on this third L-410 prototype. While cruising at a relative low altitude, the pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Nedakonice, few km from the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and all four occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the loss of control occurred when the tail separated in flight after severe actions were performed on the rudder by the pilot.