ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199096
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| Date: | Sunday 20 August 2017 |
| Time: | 13:09 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II |
| Owner/operator: | Fluggruppe Seeland |
| Registration: | HB-PTL |
| MSN: | 28-16101 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Savièse / Sanetschpass VS -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Sion Airport (SIR/LSGS) |
| Biel-Kappelen Airfield (LSZP) | |
| Investigating agency: | STSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft took off from Runway 25 at Sion Regional Airport (LSGS) at 12:48 for a cross-country flight to Biel-Kappelen Airfield (LSZP).
During the left base leg for Runway 25, the HB-PTL reached an altitude of around 4500 ft QNH over the town of Savièse and left the Rhone Valley with a right turn towards Sanetsch Pass.
Several ground observers noticed the aircraft flying deep into the valley towards Sanetsch Pass.
After a climbing turn before the town of Dilogne, the HB-PTL never reached the necessary altitude to clear Sanetsch Pass in continued climb.
At 13:09 the aircraft collided with the rising terrain and shortly after impact, a fire broke out.
The pilot and passengers lost their lives in the accident.
Cause:
The accident, in which the aircraft collided with the terrain, was due to unsuitable flight tactics in the mountains
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/leisure-aircraft_valais-plane-crash-kills-three/43456270
https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/trois-personnes-meurent-dans-un-accident-d-avion-au-sanetsch/43456152
http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/suisse-trois-morts-dans-le-crash-d-un-avion-de-tourisme-20-08-2017-7203396.php
http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/romandie/story/Trois-morts-dans-le-crash-d-un-avion-de-tourisme-14358084
Location
Images:
Photo: Police cantonale valaisanne
Media:
20 minutes - Trois morts dans le crash d'un avion de tourisme - Romandie https://t.co/tBQwiyeXOJ via @20minutesOnline pic.twitter.com/jPUhrC9bpI
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 20 août 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Aug-2017 16:51 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 20-Aug-2017 16:52 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator] |
| 20-Aug-2017 16:53 | harro | Updated [Phase, Destination airport] |
| 20-Aug-2017 18:29 | marty | Updated [Source] |
| 20-Aug-2017 19:51 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 20-Aug-2017 20:22 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Embed code] |
| 20-Aug-2017 20:25 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Aug-2017 12:16 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 09-Dec-2020 08:47 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Photo] |
| 20-Nov-2023 08:50 | harro | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 20-Nov-2023 08:50 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities] |
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