Venice-Marco Polo | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

After takeoff from Treviso-Istrana Airbase, the crew informed ATC about technical problems and was cleared to divert to Venice-Tessera Airport for an emergency landing. On final, the aircraft went out of control and crashed few hundred metres short of runway. All three crew members were killed.

Crash of a De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 on Mt Col Visentin: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 11, 1967 at 1600 LT

Type of aircraft:

De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

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I-CLAI

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

Milan - Venice - Cortina d'Ampezzo

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1967

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The crew departed Milan in the afternoon on a flight to Cortina d'Ampezzo with an intermediate stop in Venice. Few minutes after takeoff from Venice-Marco Polo Airport, while flying above the Dolomites Mountain Range, the crew encountered foggy conditions. The pilot decided to reduce his altitude in an attempt to establish a visual contact with the ground when, in the Fadalto Valley, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of Mt Col Visentin (1,763 meters high). The wreckage was found on the Colcanin Hill, north of Vittorio Veneto. Both pilots and two passengers were killed while a third passenger was injured.

Crash of a Short SC.7 Skyvan 2 Variant 102 in Venice

Date & Time: Mar 6, 1967

Type of aircraft:

Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant

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Registration:

I-TORE

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Venice - Venice

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1832

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1966

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The crew was completing a local training mission at Venice-Marco Polo Airport. On approach, the visibility decreased due to foggy conditions and the pilot-in-command continued the descent at a too high speed, causing the airplane to land at an IAS of 100 knots instead of 70 knots as prescribed. Unable to stop within the remaining distance, the airplane overran, lost its undercarriage and plunged into the sea. All three crew members were injured and the aircraft was destroyed as the right wing was torn off.

Probable cause:

Wrong approach configuration.

Crash of a Caproni Ca.48 in Verona: 14 killed

Date & Time: Aug 2, 1919 at 1750 LT

Type of aircraft:

Caproni Ca.48

Operator:

Caproni Trasporti

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Venice - Milan

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1919

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Verona-Villafranca (Valerio Catullo)

Veneto

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Italy

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Europe

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The aircraft departed Milan-Taliedo Airport at 0730LT on an uneventful flight to Venice-Marco Polo Airport where it landed at 0922LT. After spending all day in Venice, the aircraft took off around 1700LT for its back trip to Milan. While cruising at a height of 3,000 feet in the vicinity of Verona Airport, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a field. All 14 occupants were killed, which was considered as the worst air disaster at that time. Authorities confirmed that among the 12 passengers were five Italians journalists and seven engineers of the Italian aeroplane company Caproni.
Crew:
Lt Luigi Ridolfi, pilot
Lt Marco Resnati, pilot.

It is believed that the total number of persons on board was 14 but other sources wrote later that the total of death was 16 or 17. This was not confirmed either.

Eye-witnesses said something went wrong with the wings which appeared to flutter and then to collapse. Several of the passengers jumped, but everyone on board was killed.