Report on the serious incident at Skien Airport Geiteryggen Norway (ENSN) on 19 April 2009 involving a Cessna 172 Skyhawk SP, LN-LVT

Aviation report 2010/06 eng

Facts

Location	Skien Airport Geiteryggen (ENSN)
Occurrence date	19.04.2009
ICAO Location indicator	ENSN
Aircraft	Cessna 172 Skyhawk
Registration	LN-LVT
Meteorological conditions	VMC
County	Telemark
Type of occurrence	Serious incident
Type of operation	Training
Category of operation	Light, aeroplane (< 5 700kg)
Aircraft category	Landplane, Single-engine, Piston engine
FIR/AOR	ENOS (Oslo ATCC)

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