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Date: | Sunday 20 March 1988 |
Time: | 12:52 LT |
Type: | Cessna 177B Cardinal |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | HB-CEL |
MSN: | 17702274 |
Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Geneva (LSGG) -
Switzerland
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | LSGY |
Destination airport: | Geneva (LSGG) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:During a hard landing the nose-wheel collapsed and the nose hit the runway.
For repairs the aircraft should have been flown by helicopter to LSGL on mai 17th 1988.
Shortly after departure gusts made the a/c moving to much, so the pilot of the helo had to release his freight. The Cessna fell to the ground cutting a high-tension line in the vicinity of Geneva airport, a power-outage in the region was the result. The plane burned.
Sources:
Le Matin No 81, 21.3.1988, p. 6
24Heures, no 114, 18.5.1988, p. 9
Le Matin, no 139, 18.5.1988, p. 3
24Heures, no 115, 19.5.1988, p. 17
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Apr-2018 19:37 |
sparrow9 |
Added |
29-Oct-2019 19:48 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |