- Date
- June 18, 2013, 16:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- Barcis, Italy
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- F-GHLYPiper PA-28-161
- Defining event
- Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 87244
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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.
Analysis
On June 18, 2013 at 1655 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Piper PA-28, French registration F-GHLY, privately operated, was substantially damaged when it impacted with the slope of a mountain near Barcis, Italy during a cross-country flight from Locarno Airport (LSZL), Switzerland to, Lesce Bled Slovenia Airport (LJBL), Republic of Slovenia. The pilot was seriously injured and the two passengers were fatally injured. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Italy. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Barbara Marzi ANSV – Agenzia Nazionale Sicurezza Volo Via Attilio Benigni, 53 00156 Rome – Italy Telephone: (39) 06-820780222 (39) 348-5160058 Barbara.marzi@ansv.it This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Italy.
Factual narrative
On June 18, 2013 at 1655 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Piper PA-28-161, French registration F-GHLY, operated by a private individual, was substantially damaged when it impacted with the slope of a mountain near Barcis, Italy during a cross-country flight from Locarno Airport (LSZL), Switzerland to, Lesce Bled Slovenia Airport (LJBL), Republic of Slovenia. The pilot was seriously injured and the two passengers were fatally injured. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Italy. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Barbara Marzi ANSV – Agenzia Nazionale Sicurezza Volo Via Attilio Benigni, 53 00156 Rome – Italy Telephone: (39) 06-820780222 (39) 348-5160058 Barbara.marzi@ansv.it This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Italy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- F-GHLY
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Dominic Scortatore
- Registered owner
- Dominic Scortatore
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LSZL · Locarno
- Destination
- LJBL · Slovenia
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Foreign
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 26, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 27 KB in all.