Cirrus SR20 LX-MPR

Summary

On 23 June 2011 at about 10:00 local time, a Cirrus SR20 registered LX-MPR, operated by Charles Ossola, was involved in an accident near Cairo Montenotte, Italy. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 June 2011 at 10:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Cairo Montenotte, Italy

Coordinates

44.3961, 8.3981

Aircraft

Cirrus SR20

Registration

LX-MPR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Charles Ossola

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cannes → Verona

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

NTSB number

ERA11WA368

3 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB 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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.