Accident Cessna 170 HB-CAY,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162755
 
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Date:Sunday 29 August 1954
Time:afternoon
Type:Silhouette image of generic C170 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 170
Owner/operator:private
Registration: HB-CAY
MSN: 19673
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Val Vedasca, Luino -   Italy
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Ascona (15:00)
Destination airport:Ascona
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed into mountain near Lago d'Elio after hit a wood transport cable.

Pilot was an instructor at Ascona airfield

Sources:

https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1954/08/30/page_007.pdf
Swiss Archives.ch
ticinarte.ch
https://www.sbt.ti.ch/quotidiani-public-pdf/main_part.php?fullscreen=true&paper=edl&day=31&month=8&year=1954&page=1&allpages=1,2,3,4&papername=Eco di Locarno

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Dec-2013 19:10 TB Added
22-Dec-2013 16:35 sparrow9 Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Jan-2014 17:47 sparrow9 Updated [Aircraft type]
11-Oct-2016 06:22 Mike Updated [Country, Narrative]
12-Oct-2016 15:54 harro Updated [Total fatalities]
13-May-2020 17:04 sparrow9 Updated [Country, Source]
25-Mar-2022 07:38 sparrow9 Updated [Cn]
26-Mar-2022 05:35 sparrow9 Updated [Source]

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