# NTSB ERA11WA252: Reims-Cessna F-150, Sotttomarina di Chioggia, Italy, March 25, 2011

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 25, 2011, 12:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Sotttomarina di Chioggia, Italy
- Coordinates: 45.211944, 12.095277 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2119&lon=12.0953&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 78906
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11WA252
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78906/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78906
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11WA252

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On March 25, 2011, about 1200 universal coordinated time, a Reims-Cessna F-150 airplane, Italian registration I-NOLV, had a reported engine failure while in cruise flight. The pilot decided to land on the shoreline in the vicinity of Sottomarina di Chioggia, Italy. No damage to the airplane was reported. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The flight had departed Frederico Fellini International Airport (LIPR), Rimini, Italy with an intended destination of San Nicolo (LIPV), Venice, Italy. This incident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo (ANSV) of Italy. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo Via A. Benigni, 53-00156 00156 Rome – Italy Telephone: +39 06 82078240 Fax: +39 06 8273672 This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Italy.

## Aircraft

- Registration: I-NOLV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Reims-Cessna F-150
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: F150-1116
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Aero Club of Rimini
- Registered owner: Aero Club of Rimini
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: LIPR, Remini
- Destination: LIPV, Venice
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: LIPR, Frederico Fellini Internationa

## Weather

- Wind: 140° at 6 knots
- Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Observed at: LIPZ

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 25, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78906. 36 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 36 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40346689&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Foreign%20Accident%20Statement-Master.PDF

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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