ATR42-300 crash, Jan 20, 1998, Alghero
ATR42-300 accident on January 20, 1998 near Alghero, Sardinia, Italy with no fatalities. Cause: Hard landing with a float and a bounce in strong...
- Date: January 20, 1998
- Aircraft: ATR42-300
- Location: Alghero, Sardinia, Italy
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Hard landing with a float and a bounce in strong gusting crosswinds on runway 03.
An ItalAir ATR 42 on scheduled flight DRG111 from Pisa floated past the runway 03 threshold at Alghero in gusting crosswinds and landed hard, nose gear first. It bounced, landed again to the right of the runway, lost its undercarriage and stopped about 400 metres further on. All 25 occupants escaped uninjured.