ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240391
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| Date: | Monday 20 July 1970 |
| Time: | 14:05 LOC |
| Type: |  Cessna 175 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | HB-CRN |
| MSN: | 55773 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Locarno near Lido del Lago Maggiore -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | LSZL/Magadino, Locarno |
| LSZL/Magadino, Locarno | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into Lago Maggiore from 500 m due to an engine failure and sank.
A Doutch couple with their 8-year old son, camping nearby, came for a scenic flight. Only the child and his father went for the flight, the wife did not want to fly, waited at the airport. The aircraft was seen below cloud flying from the town of Locarno across the lake when it crashed. Witnesses had heard the engine spluttering. The pilot waswell known in the region.
Sources:
Het Parool
21-07-1970
- https://www.sbt.ti.ch/quotidiani-public-pdf/main_part.php?fullscreen=true&paper=edl&day=21&month=7&year=1970&page=1&allpages=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10&papername=Eco di Locarno
- Eco di Locarno25.7.1970, p.3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2020 18:33 | Cobar | Added |
| 24-Dec-2020 17:36 | sparrow9 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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