Date:	Wednesday 19 August 2009
Time:	afternoon
Type:	Piper PA-23-250E Aztec
Owner/operator:	private
Registration:	Z3-DCW
MSN:	27-7305112
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	In an orchard near Tetovo -   North Macedonia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	LDZD - Zadar
Destination airport:	LWSK - Skopje
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The pilot was trying to make a forced landing after an engine failure on the Skopje-Tetovo highway, naer Tetovo, but the heavy traffic on the road forced him to land the plane in an orchard on the roadside.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/21712/
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.mrt.com.mk/en//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6743&Itemid=27]
http://www.emportal.rs/en/news/region/96748.html
http://english.sina.com/world/2009/0819/264462.html

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

11 March 1996

G-JTCA

0

Den Helder-De Kooij NAS, Noord-Holland

unk

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Aug-2009 02:49	RobertMB	Added
20-Aug-2009 03:21	Anon.	Updated
21-Aug-2009 01:35	Anon.	Updated
21-Aug-2009 02:28	Taildragger	Updated
01-Feb-2010 12:20	PL	Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative]