ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276542
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 March 2022 |
| Time: | c. 11:35 |
| Type: | Leonardo M-346LFFA Master |
| Owner/operator: | Leonardo |
| Registration: | CSX55268 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Monte Legnone, Lecco, Pagnona -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Varese-Venegono Airport (QVA/LILN) |
| Varese-Venegono Airport (QVA/LILN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Leonardo M-346LFFA Master (destined for Turkmenistan Air Force as 06 Blue), callsign "Prova 3", that took off from Varese-Venegono Airport (LILN), crashed into Monte Legnone, near Lake Como, Lecco, Pagnona.
Both pilots ejected, one injured, the other died.
The dead pilot was a British national and former RAF jet pilot David Ashley.
Leonardo stated: The aircraft involved in the accident was an M-346 flown by a crew of two made of a Leonardo test pilot and an outsourced instructor pilot. Unfortunately, the instructor pilot, who belonged to an external company, died in the accident. The aircraft took to the air from Leonardo’s Venegono Superiore site (Varese – Italy) at 11:00AM following the technical checks prior to flight authorization, completed shortly ahead of take-off and performed in full compliance with the inspection plan authorized by the relevant aviation authorities.
The flight plan included trials aimed at demonstrating specific capabilities which had already been tested during several flights already carried out in the past."
Sources:
https://www.leccotoday.it/cronaca/aereo-legnone-schianto.html
https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/lombardia/22_marzo_16/jet-militare-precipita-monti-lecchese-l-incendio-volo-poi-schianto-de6e8ec4-a51c-11ec-8f73-d81a6d7583fb.shtml
https://primalecco.it/cronaca/aereo-militare-precipita-sul-legnone-maxi-mobilitazione-dei-soccorsi/
https://www.varesenews.it/2022/03/incidente-aereo-sul-monte-legnone-provincia-lecco/1439011/
https://www.leonardo.com/en/press-release-detail/-/detail/16-03-2022-communication-aircraft-accident-colico-como
https://www.leonardo.com/en/press-release-detail/-/detail/16-03-2022-march-16th-2022-
communication-n2-aircraft-accident-colico-como-northern-italy?f=%2Fpress-release-detail
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2022/03/16/military-jet-crashes-near-lecco-1-pilot-dead-other-serious_8438f477-6e7b-43d3-baad-2ed65d0a895e.html
https://theaviationist.com/2022/03/16/m-346-crash-in-italy/
https://scramble.nl/images/news/2022/march/Turkmen_M346.jpg (photo)
https://www.ilgiorno.it/lecco/cronaca/jet-militare-legnone-schianto-lpuc3fmd
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Mar-2022 11:54 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 16-Mar-2022 12:26 | harro | Updated [Registration, Source, Category] |
| 16-Mar-2022 12:29 | harro | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 16-Mar-2022 12:32 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 16-Mar-2022 14:30 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2022 15:57 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 16-Mar-2022 17:44 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2022 17:46 | PolandMoment | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2022 20:39 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2022 21:42 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2022 06:52 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2022 07:01 | Martijn de Wit | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator] |
| 17-Mar-2022 07:01 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2022 08:42 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2022 09:54 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2022 06:58 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2022 17:33 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-May-2022 00:59 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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