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| Date: | Saturday 6 March 2010 |
| Time: | 20:30 UTC |
| Type: |  Alon A-2A Aircoupe |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | CS-AIG |
| MSN: | B-280 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Herdade da Atabueira, Ciborro, on Montemor-o-Novo district -
 Portugal
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Herdade da Atabueira runway |
| Herdade da Atabueira runway | |
| Investigating agency: | GPIAA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft crashed in a rice field near Ciborro and both occupants were killed. The airplane was found just 250 meters from the runway. The pilot was a well know retired ex-TAP captain and at his side was a very famous captain of the 25th of April 1974, that ended a large period of dictatorship in Portugal in favour of a democratic regime.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.gpiaa.gov.pt/tempfiles/20110309102834moptc.pdf
http://www.vox.com.pt/noticia-detalhe-media.asp?id=532702&t=Dois-mortos-em-queda-de-aeronave-no-concelho-de-Montemor-o-Novo
http://desastresaereosnews.blogspot.com/2010/03/dois-mortos-em-queda-de-aviao-em.html
http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/Noticia.aspx?channelid=00000010-0000-0000-0000-000000000010&contentid=1C82F469-F205-4983-A760-8817C89242B0&h=2
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Unknown/Alon-A-2A-Aircoupe/0608973/L
https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/duas-vitimas-mortais-em-queda-de-aeronave-em-montemor-o-novo_n325649
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2010 22:39 | Anon. | Added |
| 07-Mar-2010 02:55 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Cn, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Mar-2010 07:59 | Fusko | Updated [Time, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Mar-2010 10:09 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 07-Mar-2010 22:15 | Fusko | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Mar-2010 01:21 | Fusko | Updated [Phase, ] |
| 25-Mar-2010 22:02 | stillstanding | Updated [Source, ] |
| 09-Mar-2011 13:38 | harro | Updated [Source, ] |
| 12-Jan-2015 07:28 | jfigueiredo | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 12-Apr-2025 12:46 | ASN | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
| 03-Jun-2025 17:53 | ASN | Updated [Source, ] |
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