Date: | Tuesday 20 January 1998 |
Time: | 12:30 |
Type: | ATR 42-312 |
Owner/operator: | Italair |
Registration: | EI-COC |
MSN: | 048 |
Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 25 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Alghero-Fertilia Airport (AHO) -
Italy
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Pisa-Galileo Galilei Airport (PSA/LIRP) |
Destination airport: | Alghero-Fertilia Airport (AHO/LIEA) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The ATR-42 landed hard on the nose wheel on runway 03 following a strong gust of wind from the left just before touchdown. The crew attempted to go-around, but this attempt failed and the aircraft entered the grass next to the runway. Wind was reported 310deg/26-36 knots gusting to 42 kts.
The wreckage was parked for almost one year on an airport apron; then the fuselage was sold to Air Dolomiti for cabin crew training.
Sources:
Flight International 13-19 January 1999 (p.33)
La Repubblica
Valter Battistoni
Corriere della Sera, 21 Jan 1998, page 17
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Alghero-Fertilia Airport (AHO); October 1997
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