Milan - Olbia

On October 3, 2021 at 01:07 PM, Milan - Olbia experienced a crash involving Pilatus PC-12, operated by Private Romanian, with the event recorded near Milan-Linate Lombardy.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a city crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The single engine aircraft departed Milan-Linate Airport runway 36 at 1304LT, bound to Olbia with 8 people on board. During initial climb, the pilot completed two successive turns to the right then continued to the south. At an altitude of 5,300 feet, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed on an industrial building under renovation and located about 1,8 km southwest of the runway 36 threshold. The aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 8 occupants were killed, among them the Romania businessman Dan Petrescu. The building suffered severe damages as well as few vehicles in the street. There were no injuries on the ground.

Aircraft reference details include registration YR-PDV, MSN 1532, year of manufacture 2015.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.4442°, 9.2778°.