# NTSB DEN07WA164: Piper PA-28-181, Airolo, Switzerland, September 16, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 16, 2007, 17:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Airolo, Switzerland
- Coordinates: 46.533332, 8.733333
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5333&lon=8.7333&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Swiss AAIB
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66731
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN07WA164
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66731/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07WA164

## Aircraft

- Registration: HB-PGC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-28-181
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Motorfluggruppe
- Departed: LIRQ, Firenze
- Destination: LSZH, Zurich
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC)
- Wind: 270° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 0 statute miles
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.05 inHg
- Observed at: LSMM

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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