Accident Lockheed RF-104G Starfighter MM6646, Tuesday 28 January 1986
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Date:Tuesday 28 January 1986
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic F104 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed RF-104G Starfighter
Owner/operator:Aeronautica Militare Italiana - AMI
Registration: MM6646
MSN: 6646
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:off Marano Lagunare (UD) -   Italy
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Villafranca VR
Destination airport:Villafranca VR
Narrative:
Flew into water in left turn during rejoin of tree ship formation. Pilot Magg Pasqualino Gorga killed.

Sources:

http://www.916-starfighter.de/F-104_AMI_losses.htm
Scramble
http://digilander.libero.it/air10/f104/incidenti.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Nov-2008 10:35 ASN archive Added
10-Jan-2009 02:42 harro Updated
18-Jun-2011 07:48 TB Updated [Aircraft type, ]
22-Oct-2013 17:44 TB Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
22-Oct-2013 19:07 TB Updated [Narrative, ]
22-Oct-2013 19:32 TB Updated [Location, Narrative, ]
09-Jul-2018 16:26 j155 Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, ]

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