Introduction
This interim statement reflects the opinion of the Danish Accident Investigation Board regarding the circumstances of the occurrence and its causes and consequences.
In accordance with the provisions of EU Regulation 996/2010, the Danish Air Navigation Act and pursuant to Annex 13 of the International Civil Aviation Convention, the safety investigation is of an exclusively technical and operational nature, and its objective is not the assignment of blame or liability.
The safety investigation was carried out without having necessarily used legal evidence procedures and with no other basic aim than preventing future accidents and serious incidents.
Consequently, any use of this statement for purposes other than preventing future accidents and serious incidents may lead to erroneous or misleading interpretations.
A reprint with source reference may be published without separate permit.
General
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State file number: |
2025-500 |
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UTC date: |
25-10-2025 |
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UTC time: |
13:16 |
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Occurrence class: |
Accident |
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Location: |
Sermitsiaq, 7.5 nautical miles northeast of Nuuk (BGGH) |
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Injury level: |
Fatal |
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Aircraft registration: |
N9009F |
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Aircraft make/model: |
Cessna 182T |
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Current flight rules: |
Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) |
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Meteorological conditions: |
Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) |
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Lighting conditions: |
Daylight |
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Operation type: |
Ferry |
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Operated by: |
Private |
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Flight phase: |
En route |
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Aircraft category: |
Fixed wing |
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Last departure point: |
Goose Bay (CYYR) |
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Planned destination: |
Narsarsuaq (BGBW) |
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Aircraft damage: |
Destroyed |
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Engine make/model: |
1 x Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5 |
Notification
All time references in this interim statement are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
The Aviation Unit of the Danish Accident Investigation Board (AIB) was notified of the accident by Naviair (the Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP)) on 25-10-2025 at 14:00 hours (hrs).
The AIB notified the United States (US) National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the United Kingdom (UK) Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB), the Italian L’Agnezia nazionale per la sicurezza del volo (ANSV), the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) and the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority (DCARA) on 27-10-2025 at 21:20.
Purpose
The purpose of this interim statement is to detail the progress of the investigation.
For completeness, this interim statement should be read in conjunction with the preliminary bulletin (AIB Denmark Preliminary Bulletin No. 2025-500), which was published on 2-12-2025 on the AIB website.
Progress status on the AIB safety investigation
The AIB has completed the data collection and analysis of many of the relevant parts of the investigation.
The following items are still in the process of being investigated:
- Terrain databases used for Terrain Avoidance and Warning Systems (TAWS-B) and flight planning software.
- Due to the inhospitable terrain and the prevailing weather conditions at the wreckage site, it was necessary to postpone a second recovery mission of wreckage parts until September 2026.
At the end of September 2026 further parts were recovered which could contain additional flight parameter data. At the time of this interim statement the retrieval and validation of data from the recovered parts were still in process.
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