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| Date: | Friday 18 January 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronautica Militare Italiana - AMI |
| Registration: | MM6510 |
| MSN: | 6510 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Capo Frasca range (OR), Sardinia -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Decimomannu AB (CA) |
Engine flame out during gunnery event. Pilot Cap Amilcare Mazzotti ejected and rescued from sea by helicopter.
Sources:
Scramble
http://web.archive.org/web/20140218120051/http://www.decimomannuairbase.com:80/Accident%20database/accident%20database.htm
La Stampa 19 January 1980, p7
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Oct-2013 17:59 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Oct-2014 17:39 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Phase, ] |
| 23-Jan-2015 15:39 | TB | Updated [Operator, Phase, ] |
| 02-Feb-2020 18:35 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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