2002 Pirelli Tower airplane crash

Airplane crash in Milan, Italy December 2025 April 2022 PirelliBuildingAfterPlaneCrash.jpg Impact zone in the Pirelli Tower Accident 2002 04 18 yes Collision with building Pirelli Tower, Milan, Italy 45 29 05 N 9 12 05 E inline,title region:IT_type:landmark_source:dewiki 3 60-70 Rockwell Commander 112TC Private N4578W, LUX Luxembourg (Findel), Luxembourg PP1352652203.jpg A Rockwell Commander 112, similar to the aircraft involved Rockwell Commander 112TC Private HB-NCX Locarno Airport, Magadino, Switzerland Milan Linate Airport, Milan, Italy 1 1 0 2 60-70 On 18 April 2002, a privately operated single-engine Rockwell Commander 112TC flying from Locarno Airport, Switzerland, to Milan Linate Airport, Italy, crashed into the upper floors of the Pirelli Tower in Milan, Italy. The pilot – the aircraft's sole occupant – and two building employees were killed, and 60-70 others were injured. Although initial suspicions pointed to a terrorist attack, owing to the crash occurring a few months after the September 11 attacks, investigators stated that the crash was likely an accident. Despite ensuing suspicions that the pilot had intentionally flown the aircraft into the tower, the theory was ruled out. A subsequent investigation by the ANSV found that the pilot was likely unable to "adequately manage the final phase of the flight in the presence of technical, operational, and environmental issues." Aircraft and crew The aircraft involved was a Rockwell Commander 112TC registered as HB-NCX,Aereo contro il Pirellone il 18 aprile 2002: il pilota Luigi Fasulo e le vittime, cos'è successo 20 anni fa a Milano https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/22_aprile_18/aereo-contro-pirellone-milano-18-aprile-2002-pilota-luigi-fasulo-due-vittime-feriti-cosa-era-successo-ad149ace-bef5-11ec-a840-d6ccb1761dd9_amp.html 25 December 2025 Corriere della Sera 18 April 2022 it Plane crashes into the Pirellone on April 18, 2002: Pilot Luigi Fasulo and the victims, what happened 20 years ago in MilanFiameni Gallina Caputo Limido 2003 704 manufactured in 1976.ANSV 2002 7 The Rockwell Commander is a small aircraft powered by a Lycoming TO-360-C1A6D piston engine; the aircraft can reach a maximum altitude of 6000 m ft and can seat a pilot and three passengers.ANSV 2002 7 The Rockwell Commander also has a fuel tank capacity of 257 l USgal on.ANSV 2002 7 The aircraft was owned and piloted by 67-year-old Luigi Fasulo. Accident At 17:45,ANSV 2002 IV the aircraft crashed into the deck beams of the 26th and 27th floor of the Pirelli Tower, resulting in the explosion of the aircraft's fuel tanks placed near the wings.Franchi Migliacci Acito Crespi 2009 537 The crash killed the pilot and two lawyers who were in the tower. At the time of the crash, most of the region's workers had left their offices; 300 people were in the Pirelli Tower compared to an average of 1300 people.Vent’anni fa un aereo si schiantò contro il grattacielo Pirelli a Milano https://www.ilpost.it/2022/04/18/grattacielo-pirelli-aereo-milano/ 25 December 2025 Il Post 18 April 2022 it Twenty years ago a plane crashed into the Pirelli skyscraper in Milan Between thirty and forty people were taken to the hospital with moderate injuries, while fire-fighters contained the fire that resulted from the crash. Immediately after the crash, the nearby Milan central railway station, metro station and the Linate airport were closed.Three dead as plane hits Milan's tallest building CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/04/18/italy.milan/ 19 April 2002 19 April 2014 Aftermath The crash aroused fears of a terrorist attack since it occurred seven months after the September 11 attacks. Because of this, stock markets around the United States and Europe fell sharply, and business trading in Milan was suspended. The fears ended when investigators concluded that the crash was not an act of terrorism.Janine Yagielski: New Yorkers' first reaction: 'Not again' https://web.archive.org/web/20080414225733/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/04/18/new.york.reax/index.html 14 April 2008 , CNN, 19 April 2002. URL Accessed: 4 August 2006BBC News: Markets rattled by Milan plane crash, 18 April 2002. URL Accessed: 4 August 2006 Investigation The National Agency for the Safety of Flight (ANSV) was first notified of the crash by a journalist. The ANSV then formed an investigative team and proceeded to the crash site to begin their investigation. References Sources Incidente occorso all'aeromobile Rockwell Commander 112TC, marche HB-NCX, località Milano Palazzo della Regione (Grattacielo Pirelli) il 18/04/2002 https://ansv.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Rel.-A_18_02HB-NCX.pdf 25 December 2025 National Agency for the Safety of Flight 12 December 2002 it Accident involving the Rockwell Commander 112TC aircraft, registration HB-NCX, at the Palazzo della Regione (Pirelli Tower) in Milan on 18/04/2002 N. A/18/02 ANSV 2002 Fiameni C. Gallina G. Caputo R. Limido A. The Incident at The Pirelli Skyscraper: A Case Study Proceedings of the CIB-CTBUH International Conference on Tall Buildings, 20-23 October 2003, Malaysia 2003 290 https://global.ctbuh.org/resources/papers/download/683-the-incident-at-the-pirelli-skyscraper-a-case-study.pdf Fiameni Gallina Caputo Limido 2003 Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Franchi A. Migliacci A. Acito M. Crespi P. Mazzolani F. Protection of historical buildings: PROHITECH 09 https://books.google.com/books/about/Protection_of_Historical_Buildings.html?id=C_OoQQAACAAJ June 2009 CRC Press Boca Raton, Fla. 978-0-415-55803-7 1st The airplane crash at the “Pirelli” tall building https://re.public.polimi.it/retrieve/e0c31c08-454b-4599-e053-1705fe0aef77/PROHITECH2009_CH059.pdf 430052266 537-542 See also Italy Switzerland Aviation 1945 Empire State Building B-25 crash 2002 Tampa Cessna 172 crash 2006 New York City Cirrus SR20 crash Category:2002 disasters in Italy Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Italy Pirelli Category:2000s in Milan Category:April 2002 in Italy Category:High-rise fires Category:Disasters in buildings and structures Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Rockwell Commander 112