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| Date: | Tuesday 1 January 2002 |
| Time: | 10:50 |
| Type: |  Canadair CL-215-6B11 (CL-415) |
| Owner/operator: | SISAM |
| Registration: | I-DPCN |
| MSN: | 2008 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Pietra Ligure (Italy) -
 Italy
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Roma-Ciampino Air Base (CIA/LIRA) |
| Roma-Ciampino Air Base (CIA/LIRA) | |
| Investigating agency: | ANSV |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft is deployed to extinguish a forest fire east of Pietra Ligure, Italy. During the fourth pass to drop water on the blaze, the left wing strikes a power line, severing part of the winglet. The crew abandons the fire and, after verifying the aircraft's controllability, lands in Rome Ciampino without further incident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://ansv.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/I-DPCN.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 August 2003 | I-DPCN | SOREM, lsf Dipartimento della Protezione Civile Italiana | 0 | 3 km S of Esine | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2025 05:58 | Canadair515 | Added |
| 01-Sep-2025 07:14 | ASN | Updated [Accident report, ] |
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