Accident to the Piper PA31T registered HB-LTI on 04/17/2017 at Tires [Investigation led by GPIAA / Portugal]
Défaillance du moteur gauche en montée initiale, perte de contrôle, collision avec un batiment, incendie
Responsible entity
Preliminary data based on the notification from the Portuguese authorities:
Shortly after take-off from runway 17 at Cascais Airport (LPCS), while initial climb, the twin engine aircraft went to the left and crashed in flames on a Lidl market truck unloading bay, located southeast of the airfield, 2.7 km from threshold of rwy 17. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post-crash fire and all four occupants were killed. The driver of a truck hit by the explosion of airplane was also killed. A part of adjacent house was destroyed by fire.