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Date: | Monday 25 April 1966 |
Time: | 18:30 LT |
Type: | Pilatus PC-6/340-H2 Porter |
Owner/operator: | Aer Aosta |
Registration: | I-CONA |
MSN: | 537 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 3 km from Castelnuovo di Ceva (CN) -
Italy
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Aosta (AOT/LIMW) |
Destination airport: | Venezia-Tessera (VCE/LIPZ) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Collided with the side of a hill diving nose down while reportendly flying at very low altitude below cloud base. Pilot politican Corrado Gex (34).
Sources:
La Stampa 26 April 1966, p1/27 April 1966, p5
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