Date: | Saturday 30 March 1963 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Aerolinee Itavia |
Registration: | I-TAVI |
MSN: | 33225/16477 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Total airframe hrs: | 13941 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 6,5 km NW of Sora -
Italy
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Pescara-Liberi Airport (PSR/LIBP) |
Destination airport: | Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA/LIRA) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The DC-3 crashed into Monte Vale Rotonote, 53 miles (85 km) southeast of Rome.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "1) Errors in estimating the position of the aircraft led the pilot to assume that he was within sight of the lights of the Rome zone. This in turn induced him to place an erroneous valuation on the efficiency of his radio navigational equipment. 2) The request to descend to 6000ft and later to an even level in order to maintain visual contact at all costs, resulted in the aircraft crashing into a mountain when it became impossible to maintain visual contact. 3) The weather conditions were particularly bad on the last stage of flight. 4) Failure to notify air traffic control of the changes made during flight on the original flight plan."
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest No.15 - Volume II, Circular 78-AN/66 (163-172)
Location
Images:
photo (c) unknown; Sora; 03 April 1963; (publicdomain)
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