- Date
- December 8, 2010, 14:43 local (14:43 UTC)
- Place
- Roma, Italy
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N58SEPiper PA-32R-301T
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- FAA International Field Office
- Case key
- 77999
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On December 8, 2010, at 1443 UTC, a Piper PA-32R-301T, N58SE, registered to Aircraft Guaranty Title Corporation Trustee,collided with a bus depot after departing runway 34 from Roma Urbe Airport (LIRU), Roma, Italy. The airplane had been recently purchased by an Italian citizen and had not been re-registered with the Italian Civil Aviation Authority. Visual meteorological conditions (VFR) prevailed, and a VFR local flight plan was filed. The certificated private pilot was killed. The airplane was consumed by a post crash fire and there were no reported injuries on the ground. The flight originated from LIRU at about 1442. The accident is under the jurisdiction of the Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo (ANSV) of Italy. This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Italy. Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo Via A. Benigni, 53-00156 00156 Rome – Italy Telephone: +39 06 82078240 Fax: +39 06 8273672
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58SE
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-301T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3257414
- Engine
- Lycoming TI0-540 SER, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Giovanni Magliocca
- Registered owner
- Aircraft Guaranty Title Corp Trustee
- Departed
- LIRU · Roma
- Destination
- Roma
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Observed at
- LIRU
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 20, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 14 KB in all.