Accident Cessna 172RG Cutlass HB-CGA, Friday 7 August 1992
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Date:Friday 7 August 1992
Time:14:10 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C72R model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 172RG Cutlass
Owner/operator:private
Registration: HB-CGA
MSN: 172RG0830
Year of manufacture:1981
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Jungfraujoch, VS -   Switzerland
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:LSPN
Destination airport:LSGN
Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The pilot flew too low and made a crashlanding on the glacier. The Cessna skidded 50m downward and crashed against a rock. The pilot was seriously, the passengers minor injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 10 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1498.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Jan-2011 16:50 Alpine Flight Added

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