Accident Canadair CL-215-6B11 (CL-415) I-DPCX,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 321912

Date:	Monday 23 July 2007
Time:	18:06
Type:	Canadair CL-215-6B11 (CL-415)
Owner/operator:	SOREM - Società Richerche Esperienze Meteorologiche
Registration:	I-DPCX
MSN:	2045
Year of manufacture:	2000
Total airframe hrs:	2742 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123AF
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Acciano - Italy
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Fire fighting
Departure airport:	Pescara-Liberi Airport (PSR/LIBP)
Destination airport:	Pescara-Liberi Airport (PSR/LIBP)
Investigating agency:	ANSV
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Crashed while fighting a forest fire in the Sirente Velino regional park.

CAUSES
Even if it was not possible to define with certainty why the aircraft impacted against the ground, it is nevertheless considered reasonable that the impact occurred as a result of improper management of the manoeuvre by the crew, the result of an inadequate assessment by the crew of the flight altitude with respect to the top of the hill and the critical environmental conditions, characterized by the presence of strong turbulence, strong wind and visibility affected by the presence of smoke (the cause of the accident would therefore be substantially due to human and environmental factors).

Accident investigation: