NTSB Identification: CEN14WA510
14 CFR Unknown
Accident occurred Friday, September 12, 2014 in Sagres, Portugal
Aircraft: CESSNA REIMS F152, registration:
Injuries: 1 Fatal.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. The foreign authority was the source of this information.
On September 12, 2014, about 1000 coordinated universal time, a Cessna Reims, F152 single-engine airplane, serial number 1612, registry CS-AYH, was destroyed after ditching along the seashore of Sagres, Portugal. The pilot was fatally injured. At the time of the accident the airplane was on a local flight from Portimão Airport (LPPM), Portimão, Portugal.
The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the government of Portugal. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the government of Portugal. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from:
GPIAA - Gabinete de Prevenção e Investigação de Acidentes com Aeronaves
Praça Duque de Saldanha, n.º 31- 4º
1050-094 LISBOA
www.gpiaa.gov.pt
Sunday afternoon saw the authorities call an end to air and sea searches off Sagres for the body of the pilot whose Cessna F152 crashed south of Baleeira port on Friday morning.
The elderly emigrant to Canada - who has a home in Mexilhoeira Grande - was said to be an “experienced pilot”.
It is not yet known why he crashed the Cessna F152 that he had flown out of Portimão aerodrome less than an hour before, but it is possible that poor visibility due to fog precipitated the tragedy.
Meantime, maritime police divers located the submerged wreckage of the two-seater plane on Sunday morning, and this will now be examined by air accident investigators in Viseu to see if it yields any clues.
The wreckage was located at a depth of around 20 metres.
Indeed, it was a stroke of luck that the crash did not involve further victims. According to fisherman Adriano Guerreiro who called the incident in, Inácio’s plane hit the surface of the water just 60 metres from where he and his crew mates were fishing.
“None of us could see anything, as there was thick fog,” Guerreiro said afterwards.
“We just heard a great big bang and realized what had happened from the smell of fuel, and the wreckage that we found - which included the wheel of a small plane”.
Also among the wreckage was a pair of trousers and documents, believed to have belonged to the dead pilot.
- Source: http://portugalresident.com
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