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| Date: | Tuesday 20 March 1973 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Lockheed T-33A |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronautica Militare Italiana - AMI |
| Registration: | MM51-17489 |
| MSN: | 580-7469 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Brianco (Vercelli) -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cameri (Novara) |
Unauthorized aerobatics during training flight. Pilot did not recover after a steep dive. Magg MARTINELLI Angelo (31) and S.Ten BIDINOTTO Pierino (24) died. Crashed between Salussola (Biella) and Brianco (Vercelli).
Sources:
https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1973/03/21/page_006.pdf
Scramble
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-May-2009 23:38 | zerocinquanta | Added |
| 30-May-2013 07:40 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 30-May-2013 07:49 | TB | Updated [Date, ] |
| 05-Aug-2013 17:40 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jul-2018 09:55 | j155 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jan-2020 08:53 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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