The owner of the aircraft - a glider, which crashed on Thursday at the Kapino Polje airport, submitted a request for registration in the Civil Aircraft Register of Montenegro and for the issuance of a certificate of airworthiness, but these procedures have not been completed by the Civil Aviation Agency.
As the Civil Aviation Agency explained in its response to "Vijesti", this actually means that the single-seater glider, which was piloted by the deceased instructor pilot of the Nikšić Aero Club, VV (68), It was not even registered in the Civil Aircraft Register.
The CAA states that the owner of the aircraft (a natural person) submitted an application for registration in the Civil Aircraft Register of Montenegro and for the issuance of a certificate of airworthiness.
"These procedures with the Civil Aviation Agency have not been completed, which means that it has not been entered into the register," the CAA wrote in its response, in which they expressed their condolences to the family of the deceased pilot.
The plane crash occurred on Thursday at 2:17 p.m. when the glider went into an uncontrolled flight during its climb, and then crashed at the Kapino Polje airport. The glider crashed, killing the pilot-instructor with decades of aviation experience.
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The Civil Aviation Agency responded to "Vijesti" that the glider had been removed from the German register, and that it had a certificate of airworthiness issued by the German aviation authorities, as well as a valid airworthiness review certificate issued in Germany.
"This is a certificate that, in accordance with European regulations, is recognized in Montenegro. This means that an organization authorized by the German aviation authorities inspected the aircraft on March 6, 2025 and issued an airworthiness review certificate," the CAA's response states.
Several unofficial sources confirmed to "Vijesti" that an accident occurred last year, in which the pilot of the VV, who was killed, landed his aircraft in the yard of one of the houses in Nikšić instead of on the airport runway.
The accident occurred on March 30, 2024, but the case was not disclosed.
According to the Law on Air Traffic, Article 129 clearly states that in such cases, it is mandatory to notify the CAA and the Air Accident Investigation Commission within 72 hours.
The accident in March last year occurred with the glider "L-23 Super Blanik", which was registered in the Register in 2011 under the number 4O-DIY in the name of the Aero Club Nikšić.
The Civil Aviation Agency confirmed to "Vijesti" that it has information in its records that an aircraft accident occurred in Nikšić last year.
"The CAA has information about the event in Nikšić last year. The investigation into the event was conducted by the National Commission for the Investigation of Aircraft Accidents and Serious Incidents. The report states that no one may publish, reproduce or transmit in any form or by any means that report or any part of it without the express written permission of this commission - KINNS," the CAA's response states.
The Civil Aviation Agency has a legal obligation to supervise flying clubs during their training, which is why they conducted an inspection at Kapino Polje after the accident last year.
"The KINNS report did not contain any recommendations for the CAA. However, following this event, the Agency, on its own initiative, conducted an extraordinary inspection of the declared pilot training organization (DTO), given that it was a training event at the time, not an individual flight," the CAA's response states.
Aeroclubs in Montenegro are sports clubs and are subject to the Law on Sports, and Aeroclub Nikšić is registered in the Central Register for Sports.
The competence of the Civil Aviation Agency is to supervise the pilot training organization (DTO).
Such a check, as the CAA responded, was carried out on October 31, 2025.
"The CAA conducts continuous inspections and strictly controls this area, which also applies to the DTO of the Nikšić Aero Club, that is, inspections of their activities. We also conduct extraordinary inspections when deemed necessary," they state.
The accident at Kapino Polje, where VV was killed, was not a training incident, but rather a solo flight.
Experts from the National Commission for the Investigation of Aircraft Accidents and Serious Incidents will determine what led to the tragedy during the investigation.
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