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| Date: | Thursday 1 February 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104S Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronautica Militare Italiana - AMI |
| Registration: | MM6783 |
| MSN: | 1083 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Terracina (LT) -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed after loss of control after a failed fuel transfer from the left tip tank. The aircraft remained unbalanced because of other external loads and the Pilot checked the minimum approach speed for this abnormal condition, according to flight manual. But the aircraft entered an unrecoverable left spin and the Pilot Ten L. Magro ejected safely.
Sources:
Scramble
http://web.archive.org/web/20171106232030/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Country-By-Country/italy.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Oct-2013 16:41 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Oct-2024 12:37 | Liperi | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, ] |
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