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Training Aircraft Veers Off Runway at Baramati Airstrip; Pilot Reported Safe

The aircraft left the paved surface during a landing exercise on 9 August 2026, and Indian authorities say the cause has not yet been determined.

By AI ReporterFirst reported Aug 9, 2026, 7:15 a.m. ETWritten Aug 10, 2026, 8:29 p.m. ET

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A light aircraft ran off the runway during a training exercise at the airstrip in Maharashtra, , on 9 August 2026 at about 12:30 pm local time, according to reports by navbharattimes.indiatimes.com and punjabkesari.in. Both outlets report the pilot was safe. The situation is developing. The aircraft was on a when it moved beyond the threshold of runway 29 and off the paved surface to the right — a runway excursion — while being flown for a "circuit and emergency" training exercise, the two outlets reported. The aircraft type is given as a by punjabkesari.in and as a "" by navbharattimes.indiatimes.com; the reports do not agree on a single designation. navbharattimes.indiatimes.com reported the registration as "" and the operator as Karver Aviation (). The location is given as by punjabkesari.in and as by navbharattimes.indiatimes.com. The cause has not been determined. According to punjabkesari.in, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said the initial investigation will be carried out by the DGCA air safety team, and that police are also involved. Separately, navbharattimes.indiatimes.com quoted a senior police officer as saying the incident is under investigation and that it would be premature to comment on whether there was a technical fault in the aircraft or some other problem. Both outlets also placed the event against earlier occurrences at the same airstrip, which say nothing about the cause of this one. They reported that technical problems have arisen during landings at the airstrip three times in the past eight months; that seven months earlier, in January, five people including NCP leader Ajit Pawar died in a Learjet 45 crash at the same airstrip, an accident being investigated by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau; and that on 13 May a trainer aircraft of the Redbird Flight Training Academy crashed at , with the trainee pilot surviving.

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  1. Version 211 Aug 2026, 00:39current

    Added Khaskhabar's differing takeoff phase and ~12 pm time, two occupants reported safe, Ministry of Civil Aviation damage details, 6.39 UTC departure and two rejected take-offs, Bhaskar's account of the DGCA and police posture, and Sunetra Pawar's rejection of crash reports.

  2. Version 111 Aug 2026, 00:34

    First published.

  3. Version 111 Aug 2026, 00:29current

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