Incident Air Tractor AT-802A I-SPEL,
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Date:Monday 16 July 2012
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic AT8T model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Air Tractor AT-802A
Owner/operator:Protezione Civile Nazionale
Registration: I-SPEL
MSN: 802A-0325
Year of manufacture:2009
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Lake Varano, Foggia -   Italy
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Fire fighting
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The aircraft, employed on a forest fire, during the collecting of water heavily hit the surface of the lake, causing the yelding of the bracings of the left float.
Unharmed the pilot, only occupant.
On july 19th ANSV opened the safety investigation.

Sources:

http://www.ansv.it/It/Detail.asp?ID=1603
Photo: http://www.aerodata.it/I-SPEL.htm

History of this aircraft

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Jul-2012 12:45 Certosino Added
22-Jul-2012 12:31 Alpine Flight Updated [Aircraft type]
03-Oct-2023 04:21 Ron Averes Updated [[Aircraft type]]

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