ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158372
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Date: | Friday 1 October 1971 |
Time: | 10:30 LT |
Type: | Republic RF-84F Thunderflash |
Owner/operator: | Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI) |
Registration: | MM51-17032 |
MSN: | 342 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Villafranca AB (Verona) -
Italy
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | LIPX |
Destination airport: | LIPX |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Pilot Ten Col Cosimo Saponaro (39) was rehearsing an air show flyby with a low pass. He started a low level roll, but the plane hit the ground with a wing and crashed onto the flight line. Several planes were standing at QRA, loaded with full fuel and ammo. Several Sqn.pilots were standing on the flight line and in the mobile radio post "biga". They were hit by debris and killed. Intense fire erupted and ammo went off. Airport buildings at QRA and several aircraft were destroyed or damaged. Seven personal on the ground were killed (Cap Av Giovan Batista Occhini (26), …)
At least RF-84F Thunderflash MM52-7394/MM52-7402/MM52-7462 were destroyed.
Sources:
Scramble
https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1971/10/02/page_001.pdf https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1971/10/03/page_005.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Aug-2013 15:02 |
TB |
Added |
18-Aug-2013 11:53 |
TB |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
21-Aug-2013 18:34 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
12-Aug-2015 09:38 |
bobsardo |
Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
23-Dec-2015 21:17 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
18-Feb-2016 19:11 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
17-Jan-2020 19:16 |
TB |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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