Overview
- A Garg Aviation cadet was hit by a spinning propeller after stepping out of a Tecnam P2006T during a night sortie, which occurred on Friday, June 26, and she was hospitalised with back injuries and is reported to be recovering.
- The DGCA has off‑rostered the Garg Aviation instructor involved, ordered the Tecnam (VT‑NBV) grounded and opened a formal investigation into the Kanpur occurrence.
- On Monday, June 29, a Chetak Aviation Cessna 152 on a solo training flight crash‑landed in a field near Kasganj and the trainee pilot was reported safe while the DGCA dispatched investigators to the site.
- Industry sources say boarding or deboarding with propellers running is prohibited but sometimes practiced at some flying training organisations to speed sorties; investigators are also examining the Tecnam door‑lock/emergency override and whether procedures were followed.
- The twin incidents have intensified regulatory scrutiny of flying training organisations, may affect the DGCA's new FTO safety rankings and could alter training practices and oversight that directly affect cadets paying high fees and waiting for flying hours.