- Date
- August 17, 2013, 14:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bolzano, Italy
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- D-EDQLCessna 172
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Cessna
- Case key
- 87809
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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 August 17, 2013, at 1400 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Cessna FR172J, German registration D-EDQL, operated by a flying club, was destroyed following a collision with mountainous terrain near San Pellegrino, Italy. The local flight originated in Bolzano, Italy (LIPB). The pilot and three passengers were fatally injured. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Italy. Further information can be obtained from: Agenzia Nazionale Per La Sicurezza Del Volo (ANSV) Via Attilio Benigni, 53 00156 Roma, Italy Tel +39 06 8207 8219 www.ansv.it This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Italy.
Factual narrative
On August 17, 2013, at 1400 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Cessna FR172J, German registration D-EDQL, operated by a flying club, was destroyed following a collision with mountainous terrain near San Pellegrino, Italy. The local flight originated in Bolzano, Italy (LIPB). The pilot and three passengers were fatally injured.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Italy. Further information can be obtained from: Agenzia Nazionale Per La Sicurezza Del Volo (ANSV) Via Attilio Benigni, 53 00156 Roma, Italy Tel +39 06 8207 8219 www.ansv.it This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Italy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- D-EDQL
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- FR172J
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Flying Club
- Departed
- LIPB · Bolzano
- Destination
- LIPB · Bolzano
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Weather
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 23, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 52 KB in all.