ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162416
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| Date: | Monday 14 April 1952 |
| Time: | c. 13:00 |
| Type: | Piper |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | HB-... |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Treviglio (BG) -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Locarno/LSZL |
| Milano | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The two seater Piper crashed into field. Alfred Riond (45) and daughter Arlette (16).
Due to a bad compass the pilot became lost in the region of Como, near Caravaccio he was circling to reorient himself until he he had to land due to low fuel. He had to avoid some buildings, landed in a meadow, at its end the plane overturned in soft ground. The two people were only slightly injured, but the plane was demolished,
Sources:
Nidwaldner Volksblatt, 19.4.1952, p.2: https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=NVB19520419-01.2.5.2&srpos=69&e=14-04-1952-30-04-1952--de-20--61-byDA.rev-img-txIN-Flugzeug-------0-----
L'Unita, 15.4.1952, p. 5: https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1952/04/15/page_005.pdf
Der Bund: 16.4.1952, p.2: https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=DBB19520416-01.2.8.6&srpos=84&e=14-04-1952-30-04-1952--de-20--81-byDA.rev-img-txIN-Flugzeug-------0-----
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Nov-2013 15:50 | TB | Added |
| 22-Dec-2013 18:06 | sparrow9 | Updated [Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source] |
| 12-Dec-2021 07:28 | sparrow9 | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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