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| Date: | Wednesday 24 March 1976 |
| Time: | c. 00:00 |
| Type: |  Piaggio P-149D |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | D-ELSV |
| MSN: | 311 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Shannon -
 Ireland
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gander |
| Shannon | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crash-landed at night near Shannon on a transatlanic flight from Gander to Europe. Contact lost with Shannon Airport shortly before midtnight. Aircraft found after nine hours. German pilot Walter Pfeiffer from München suffered head injuries.
Note: photo from D-ELSV of LSV Borken at Loemühle (Borkener Zeitung 15 JUN 1971, p9)
Sources:
German Civil Aircraft Register
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/piaggio.pdf
Weser-Kurier 27 March 1976, p12
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Feb-2012 11:12 | Gwydd | Added |
| 14-Mar-2012 12:24 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jun-2025 11:31 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Total occupants, Location, Country, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jul-2025 18:07 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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