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| Date: | Sunday 29 August 1954 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Cessna 170 |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | HB-CAY |
| MSN: | 19673 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Val Vedasca, Luino -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ascona (15:00) |
| Ascona | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
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/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 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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