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| Date: | Sunday 27 November 1949 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Cessna 140 |
| Owner/operator: | Aero-Clube da Covilhã |
| Registration: | CS-ACU |
| MSN: | 12754 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Folgosinho -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Aveiro |
| Covilhã | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into mountain in bad weather (CFIT) in Serra da Estrela, 30 km from Covilhã. Two industrials killed.
Sources:
- Air-Britain
Correio da Manhã 29 November 1949, p7
Diário de Lisboa 28 November 1949, p1/27 November 1950, p2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jun-2013 09:54 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 20-Jun-2013 10:18 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Nov-2014 15:38 | aviteco | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Jan-2015 19:22 | TB | Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jan-2017 17:58 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Sep-2018 16:28 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Sep-2018 17:29 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
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