| Date: | Monday 10 December 1979 |
| Time: | 21:45 |
| Type: |  Learjet 36A |
| Owner/operator: | Ferruzzi Spa |
| Registration: | I-AIFA |
| MSN: | 36-021 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | Garrett TFE731-2-2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2 km NW of Forli Airport (FRL) -
 Italy
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | London (unknown airport) |
| Forli Airport (FRL/LIPK) |
Weather was poor when Learjet I-AIFA approached Forli. Visibility was 300 m and the pilot was informed that the ILS glideslope was inoperative. On finals the left wing struck a tv antenna on a hill, 2300 m short of the runway 12 threshold. The aircraft then crashed into a house, killing 2 people on the ground.
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