Aircraft Photo of D-EDLQ | Reims F172H Skyhawk | AirHistory.net #518382
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:D-EDLQ
Aircraft Original Type:Cessna 172
Aircraft Generic Type:Reims F172 Skyhawk/Reims Rocket/Hawk XP
Aircraft Version:Reims F172H Skyhawk
C/n (msn):F172-0508
Location
City / Area:Nufenen paas road [ Off-Airport ]
Country:Switzerland
 
Photo Date:14 June 1978
Photo from:René Buschmann Collection
Photo ID: 518382
Photo Comment

On his way from Ascona to Essen-Mulheim via the Nufenenpass, the pilot used a Michelin road map on a 1 to 1 million scale. He was unable to convert the altitudes in Meters to feet. So he ended up too low and too slow in his overloaded Cessna 172 with 4 people on board and landed on a snow field. Subsequently the Cessna rolled over and was destroyed.

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