1948 Keerbergen Fiat G.212 crash

1948 aviation accident July 2023 1948 Keerbergen Fiat G.212 airplane crash 1 July 1948 Fiat G.212.jpg A Fiat G.212 of Avio Linee Italiane similar to the incident aircraft Accident Keerbergen, Belgium Milano-Linate Airport, Italy Brussels-Zaventem Airport, Belgium 8 Fiat G.212PW Linee Aeree Italiane I-ELSA 7 5 4 On 1 July 1948 the Avio Linee Italiane Fiat G.212PW “I-ELSA” was an international scheduled passenger flight from Linate Airport, Milan, Italy to Zaventem Airport, Brussels, Belgium. The airplane crashed during an emergency landing at 12:20pm local time. Eight of the twelve people on board were killed. I-ELSA 19480701-0 2 July 2023https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20130630_00641970 Keerbergen herdenkt crash vliegtuig van 65 jaar geleden Het Nieuwsblad 1 July 2013 Delpher nl 14 July 2023 14 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230714215445/https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20130630_00641970 livehttps://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20220703_94974291 De Belgische Bermudadriehoek: de vele vergeten vliegtuigcrashes boven het vliegveld van Keerbergen Gazet van Antwerpen 4 July 2022 Delpher nl 14 July 2023 18 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240818090308/https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20220703_94974291 live Flight and crash The Avio Linee Italiane Fiat G.212PW “I-ELSA” departed in the morning of 1 July 1948 from Milan-Linate Airport, Italy for its flight to Brussels-Zaventem Airport, Belgium. It was the first time a Fiat airplane was flying this destination, before that time a Douglas D.C.3 flown this route. The aircraft was new and had made only 19 flight hours. At 11:50 am local time, the pilot contacted the regional control centre at Beauvais in Belgium. The weather condition was cloudy with a visibility of only 100 metres. Due to the poor visibility, the flight crew was not able to locate the airport. The pilot would have tried a few times unsuccessfully to make an emergency landing. Apparently they located the private airfield of Keerbergen. The aircraft circled the airfield. During the landing the airplane hit treetops of the forest 500 meters from the runway, crashed and caught fire.Frans Van Humbeek 9789076495057 Het verdronken vliegveld van Keerbergen Het Streekboek 2003 Delpher nl Victims Four passengers and four crew members died in the crash. Two people were Belgians. The 22-year-old stewardess and three passengers were thrown out of the airplane and survived the disaster.https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB19:000616002:mpeg21:a00003 Italiaans vliegtuig bij Brussel brandend neergestort Nieuwsblad van het Zuiden Het Nieuwsblad van het Zuiden nl 2 July 1948 Delpher nl 14 July 2023 18 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240818090215/https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=MMKB19:000616002:mpeg21:a00003 livehttps://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010844922:mpeg21:a0038 Fiat stortte neer: 8 doden De Volkskrant 2 July 1948 Delpher nl 14 July 2023 18 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240818090315/https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ABCDDD:010844922:mpeg21:a0038 live Investigation The conclusion of the investigation was that the pilot decided to make an emergency landing due to the bad weather conditions and the failure of both the radio communication equipment and radio navigation equipment, at another airport. To be able to land at the beginning of the runway the pilot flew a steep turn by tilting the left wing of the plane so that the roll angle put the aircraft at stall speed at low altitude. References Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1948 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Belgium Category:1948 in Belgium Category:July 1948 in Europe Category:Airliner accidents and incidents caused by weather