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| Date: | Tuesday 19 April 1966 |
| Time: | 12:07 LT |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronautica Militare Italiana - AMI |
| Registration: | MM6584 |
| MSN: | 6584 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grosseto AB (GR) -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Grosseto AB |
| Grosseto AB |
CFIT during Functional Check Flight. Struck the roof of hangar. Intense fire occured. Pilot Cap Umberto D'Aurelio (29) and one on ground SM Norberto Malavasi (31) killed. Five others injured. Pilota of 9°Gruppo, aircraft of 102°Gruppo
Sources:
Scramble
http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1966_04/19660420_0005.pdf
http://www.916-starfighter.de/F-104_AMI_losses.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Sep-2013 18:13 | TB | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Oct-2014 17:42 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Oct-2014 18:58 | TB | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Dec-2014 18:18 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jan-2015 15:16 | TB | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Dec-2015 07:41 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 17-Feb-2016 21:03 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 20-Sep-2025 19:13 | J155 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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