Date:	Tuesday 20 January 1998
Time:	12:30
Type:	ATR 42-312
Owner/operator:	Italair
Registration:	EI-COC
MSN:	048
Year of manufacture:	1987
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 25
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Alghero-Fertilia Airport (AHO) -   Italy
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Pisa-Galileo Galilei Airport (PSA/LIRP)
Destination airport:	Alghero-Fertilia Airport (AHO/LIEA)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The ATR-42 landed hard on the nose wheel on runway 03 following a strong gust of wind from the left just before touchdown. The crew attempted to go-around, but this attempt failed and the aircraft entered the grass next to the runway. Wind was reported 310deg/26-36 knots gusting to 42 kts.
The wreckage was parked for almost one year on an airport apron; then the fuselage was sold to Air Dolomiti for cabin crew training.

Flight International 13-19 January 1999 (p.33)
La Repubblica
Valter Battistoni
Corriere della Sera, 21 Jan 1998, page 17

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Alghero-Fertilia Airport (AHO); October 1997

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