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| Date: | Friday 4 April 1958 |
| Time: | c. 18:20 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft E18S |
| Owner/operator: | Ceylon Survey Department |
| Registration: | 4R-AAR |
| MSN: | BA-343 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 mi W of Naples -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Lisbon |
| Capodicino (18:02) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed and burned at collina do Camaldoni. Pilot Palmer William (46), his wife and a technican (31) on way from Kansas to Ceylon. Replaced by 4R-AAS msn BA-376.
Sources:
1. World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
2. La Stampa 5 April 1958, p5
3. https://www.goodall.com.au/beech18-production/beech18-part-4.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Apr-2011 13:12 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Sep-2014 08:14 | A.J.Scholten | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 28-Jan-2020 19:07 | TB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jul-2020 12:33 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 26-Apr-2022 21:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 06-May-2022 07:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative, ] |
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