Piper PA28 HB-PER

Summary

On 4 August 2017 at about 07:20 local time, a Piper PA28 registered HB-PER, operated by Motorfluggruppe Oberengadin, was involved in an accident near Berghaus Diavolezza, Switzerland. 4 people were on board and 3 died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 August 2017 at 07:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Berghaus Diavolezza, Switzerland

Coordinates

46.4089, 9.8747

Aircraft

Piper PA28

Registration

HB-PER

Category

Airplane

Operator

Motorfluggruppe Oberengadin

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

NTSB number

CEN17WA310

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 August 4, 2017, at 0720 UTC, a Piper PA-28-181, Swiss registration HB-PER, owned and operated by a private individual, impacted mountainous terrain near Berghaus Diavolezza, Switzerland. The pilot and two passengers on board were fatally injured. A third passenger received serious injuries. The airplane sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The foreign, non-scheduled local flight departed Samedan, Switzerland, about 0710 UTC.This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Switzerland. Any further information regarding the investigation can be obtained from the Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board at: Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board Aviation Division Aeropole 1, Route de Morens, 1530 Payerne Switzerland Telephone: +41 26 662 33 33 Facsimile: +41 26 662 33 01 E-mail: [email protected] This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the STSB of Switzerland.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.