Date:	Sunday 21 August 2011
Time:	15:00 LT
Type:	Politechnika Warszawska PW-5 Smyk
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	OE-5236
MSN:	17.04.016
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Ortona dei Marsi (Aquila) -   Italy
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Rieti Airfield (QRT/LIQN)
Destination airport:	Rieti Airfield (QRT/LIQN)
Investigating agency:	ANSV
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Crashed for unknow reasons during a flight from Rieti - LIQN. The pilot, Ferruccio Piludu, 81 years old, was a veteran on gliders and a famous graphic designer.

He was killed.

http://www.ansv.it/It/Detail.asp?ID=1468
http://www.abruzzoweb.it/contenuti/pescina-aliante-cade-sulle-montagne-muore-storico-pilota/34189-4/

https://www.planepictures.net/v3/show_en.php?id=1018917 (photo)

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