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| Date: | Wednesday 20 November 1929 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: | Savoia-Marchetti S.55P |
| Owner/operator: | Società Aerea Mediterranea (SAM) |
| Registration: | I-TACO |
| MSN: | 10519 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Terranova Pausania, Olbia, Sardinia -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Cagliari |
| Ostia (Rome), via Terranova Pausania | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The flying boat crashed at Terranova Pausania (Olbia). The accident reportedly was due to an optical phenomenon given by the absolute calm water that caused an erroneous altitude assessment by the pilots.
It was the first fatal accident of the Italian commercial aviation.
Sources:
World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
http://airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_I-.html
Passeggeri in carlinga! /Elettrio Corda, Ed. Archivio Fotografico Sardo, 1986 pag. 26
Images:
Photo from "Passeggeri in carlinga" by Elettrio Corda, Ed. Archivio Fotografico Sardo, Pag. 40
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2008 23:03 | zerocinquanta | Added |
| 14-Oct-2010 04:58 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Feb-2011 13:42 | harro | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Feb-2011 14:33 | valter | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Feb-2011 15:30 | valter | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Mar-2011 14:07 | Anon. | Updated |
| 27-Oct-2016 15:52 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jan-2019 13:52 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source, Damage, ] |
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