ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209124
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| Date: | Sunday 20 March 1988 |
| Time: | 12:52 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 177B Cardinal |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | HB-CEL |
| MSN: | 17702274 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Geneva (LSGG) -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | LSGY |
| Geneva (LSGG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During a hard landing the nose-wheel collapsed and the nose hit the runway.
For repairs the aircraft should have been flown by helicopter to LSGL on mai 17th 1988.
Shortly after departure gusts made the a/c moving to much, so the pilot of the helo had to release his freight. The Cessna fell to the ground cutting a high-tension line in the vicinity of Geneva airport, a power-outage in the region was the result. The plane burned.
Sources:
Le Matin No 81, 21.3.1988, p. 6
24Heures, no 114, 18.5.1988, p. 9
Le Matin, no 139, 18.5.1988, p. 3
24Heures, no 115, 19.5.1988, p. 17
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Apr-2018 19:37 | sparrow9 | Added |
| 29-Oct-2019 19:48 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
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