# NTSB ERA11WA368: Cirrus SR20, Cairo Montenotte, Italy, June 23, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 23, 2011, 10:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place: Cairo Montenotte, Italy
- Coordinates: 44.39611, 8.398056
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3961&lon=8.3981&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA/AVP-100
- NTSB case key (mKey): 80913
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11WA368
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/80913/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=80913
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11WA368

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On June 23, 2011, about 1000 UTC, a Cirrus SR20, Luxembourg registration LX-MPR, operated by a private individual, collided with mountainous terrain near Cairo Montenotte, Italy. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the area at the time and flight plan information is unknown for the foreign flight from Cannes-Mandelieu Airport (LFMD), Cannes, France, to Verona Boscomantico Airport (LIPN), Verona, Italy. The airplane sustained substantial damage due to impact and a postcrash fire, and the pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. The flight originated about 1 hour earlier from LFMD. The airplane impacted the slope of mountainous terrain about 833 meters above mean sea level. This accident 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 82 078 229 Fax: +39 06 8273672 This report is for informational purposes only, and contains only information released by or obtained for the Government of Italy.

## Aircraft

- Registration: LX-MPR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR20 (NO SERIES)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: SR20-1793
- Engines: Teledyne Continental IO-360-ES 200 hp reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Charles Ossola
- Registered owner: Charles Ossola
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: LFMD, Cannes
- Destination: LIPN, Verona
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC)

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 12, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=80913. 81 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 81 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40350595&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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