Casale Monferrato - Casale Monferrato

On August 29, 2015 at 02:30 PM, Casale Monferrato - Casale Monferrato experienced a crash involving Technoavia SM-92 Turbo Finist, operated by Private Hungarian, with the event recorded near Casale Monferrato Piedmont.

The flight was categorized as skydiving / paratroopers and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

11 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 11 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 10, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The single engine aircraft departed Casale Monferrato-Francesco Cappa Airfield on a local skydiving mission, the 13th sortie of the day, carrying seven skydivers, three tourists and one pilot). Shortly after rotation from a grassy runway, the pilot encountered engine problems. The aircraft continued in a flat attitude, collided with a hedge and few trees before coming to rest in a wooded area located 300 metres past the runway end. All 11 occupants were injured, some of them seriously. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration HA-YDJ, MSN 02-001, year of manufacture 1993.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.1363°, 8.4498°.