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Date: | Sunday 11 September 2011 |
Time: | |
Type: | Eurofly Flash Light |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | I-6071 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Colognola ai Colli, Verona -
Italy
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Montagnana, Padua, Italy |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Forced landed in a field, very close to the A4 motorway, it has been a "lucky accident". 150 metres further would have landed the aircraft on the motorway itself.
Pilot survived, only a few broken bones, and even managed to call the emergency services himself with his cell phone. Pilot was airlifted to hospital for treatment; later named as Jerome Aldighieri, a retired metalworker, aged 68.
Cause of crash was possibly a stall problem
Sources:
https://www.airplane-pictures.net/image155958.html http://www.md80.it/bbforum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=38148
http://www.tgverona.it/pages/121/268795/ultraleggero_cade_accanto_all_autostrada.html
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Sep-2011 11:45 |
harro |
Added |
12-Sep-2011 12:48 |
Geno |
Updated [Source, Embed code] |
12-Sep-2011 17:02 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Source, Embed code, Damage] |
05-Oct-2011 16:51 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |