Accident Alon A-2A Aircoupe CS-AIG,
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Date:Saturday 6 March 2010
Time:20:30 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic ERCO model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Alon A-2A Aircoupe
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: CS-AIG
MSN: B-280
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Herdade da Atabueira, Ciborro, on Montemor-o-Novo district -   Portugal
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Herdade da Atabueira runway
Destination airport:Herdade da Atabueira runway
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The aircraft crashed in a rice field near Ciborro and both occupants were killed. The airplane was found just 250 meters from the runway. The pilot was a well know retired ex-TAP captain and at his side was a very famous captain of the 25th of April 1974, that ended a large period of dictatorship in Portugal in favour of a democratic regime.

Sources:

http://www.gpiaa.gov.pt/tempfiles/20110309102834moptc.pdf

http://www.vox.com.pt/noticia-detalhe-media.asp?id=532702&t=Dois-mortos-em-queda-de-aeronave-no-concelho-de-Montemor-o-Novo
http://desastresaereosnews.blogspot.com/2010/03/dois-mortos-em-queda-de-aviao-em.html
http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/Noticia.aspx?channelid=00000010-0000-0000-0000-000000000010&contentid=1C82F469-F205-4983-A760-8817C89242B0&h=2
http://www.gpiaa.gov.pt/tempfiles/20100322091912moptc.pdf 06 de Março de 2010 - Relatório Preliminar do Acidente com a Aeronave Alon A2 - CS-AIG - Ciborro - Montemor-o-Novo , 253 Kb
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Unknown/Alon-A-2A-Aircoupe/0608973/L
file:///G:/ACIDENTES%202010/GPIAA%2006MAR2010%20i006234%20CS-AIG%20Montemor%20o%20Novo.pdf (Final Report)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Mar-2010 22:39 Anon. Added
07-Mar-2010 02:55 RobertMB Updated [Time, Cn, Nature, Source, Narrative]
07-Mar-2010 07:59 Fusko Updated [Time, Source, Damage, Narrative]
07-Mar-2010 10:09 RobertMB Updated [Source]
07-Mar-2010 22:15 Fusko Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Mar-2010 01:21 Fusko Updated [Phase]
25-Mar-2010 22:02 stillstanding Updated [Source]
09-Mar-2011 13:38 harro Updated [Source]
12-Jan-2015 07:28 jfigueiredo Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]

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