Banja Luka – Tuzla

On September 24, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Banja Luka – Tuzla experienced a crash involving Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II, operated by STS Aviation, with the event recorded near Ozren Republika Srpska.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine aircraft, operated by STS Avijacija (STS Aviation), departed Banja Luka on a charter flight to Tuzla, carrying two passengers and one pilot taking part to a foxes vaccination program. While cruising at low altitude, the airplane entered an area of clouds when it impacted trees and crashed on the slope of a mountain located near the Monastery of Ozren, southeast part of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia, bursting into flames. Both passengers were seriously injured and the pilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration YU-BSW, MSN 421B-0248, year of manufacture 1972.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.3495°, 18.6595°.