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| Date: | Thursday 21 August 1986 |
| Time: | 10:15 |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104S Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronautica Militare Italiana - AMI |
| Registration: | MM6706 |
| MSN: | 1006 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pietralunga (PG) -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Grosseto AB (GRS) (09:35) |
Hit the ground after looping. Pilot Ten Col Marco Cantarini (36) killed. Right flap failure during maximum climb phase of looping.
Sources:
Scramble
http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1986_08/19860822_0005.pdf
http://www.916-starfighter.de/F-104_AMI_losses.htm
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Jan-2009 04:34 | harro | Updated |
| 24-Oct-2013 09:51 | TB | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Nov-2024 12:06 | Caluk55 | Updated [Time, Narrative, Category, ] |
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