14feb2017 pics: Yak52 down in Belgium, pilot lightly injured

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A tourist plane crashed on Tuesday morning at 11:45 in the industrial zone of Aublain located in the commune of Couvin. Apparently the engine stalled.

http://www.luchtzak.be/miscellaneous/ac ... t-injured/

The craft, a YAK-52, took off from the Cerfontaine aerodrome.

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https://www.rtbf.be/info/societe/detail ... id=9529722

The owner of G-CBSS "Janie".
is a well-known Belgian display pilot.
Reports seem to suggest his injuries are not life-threatening.

http://www.hangarflying.eu/fr/node/708

Photos made at the scene of the accident:
http://www.lavenir.net/cnt/dmf20170214_ ... id=3036275

http://www.lavenir.net/cnt/dmf20170214_ ... de-aublain
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https://translate.google.com/translate? ... edit-text=

"He had just equipped his Yak with a new engine," he explains, "the airfield chaplain, Father Bernard Sorel. At the aerodrome, no distress signal was sent before the crash.

[Stratofreighter]

...the pilot is recovering from a broken leg now.

As for the Yak-52: the photo at
http://www.luchtzak.be/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=60926
says a lot.