Lazio

Rome-Fiumicino-Leonardo da Vinci

Schedule:

Rome - Rimini

MSN:

034

YOM:

1986

Flight number:

MTC403

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Captain / Total flying hours:

7685

Captain / Total hours on type:

1159.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

740

Copilot / Total hours on type:

232

Aircraft flight hours:

27472

Aircraft flight cycles:

28492

Circumstances:

Following a normal taxi procedure at Rome-Fiumicino Airport, the crew was at the holding point of runway 25, ready for departure. On board were 42 passengers and a crew of three. Both engines were turning at 70% torque. When the crew released the brakes, the swinging lever of the left main gear failed. The aircraft sank on its belly and stopped. All 45 occupants evacuated safely and there were no injuries. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

Failure of the swinging lever of the left main gear due to the presence of fatigue cracks.

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Crash of an Aeritalia G.222TCM in Minturno: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 22, 1991 at 1400 LT

Type of aircraft:

Aeritalia G.222

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Registration:

MM62128

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Training

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Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Pratica di Mare - Pratica di Mare

MSN:

4035

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The crew departed Pratica di Mare-Colonello Mario de Bernardi AFB at 1333LT on a training mission. En route, one of the engine caught fire and the crew decided to return to Pratica di Mare. While increasing engine power, the aircraft lost height and crashed about 200 metres from houses, bursting into flames. All four occupants were killed.
Crew:
Valtiero Bertozzi, pilot,
Mosè Tomassetti, copilot,
Armando Lattaro, flight engineer,
Nicola Senatore, flight engineer.

Probable cause:

Engine fire in flight for unknown reasons.

Crash of an Aeritalia G.222TCM at Pratica di Mare AFB

Date & Time: Jun 5, 1991

Type of aircraft:

Aeritalia G.222

Operator:

Registration:

MM62129

Flight Type:

Military

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Pratica di Mare-Colonello Mario de Bernardi AFB

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4036

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Suffered an accident at Pratica di Mare-Colonello Mario de Bernardi Airbase. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Beechcraft E90 King Air off Anguillara Sabazia: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 8, 1990

Type of aircraft:

Beechcraft 90 King Air

Operator:

Roma Air

Registration:

I-RWWW

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Demonstration

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Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

MSN:

LW-220

YOM:

1977

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The aircraft and its crew were taking part to a green event in a natural reserve located by Anguillara Sabazia. The pilot made a first low pass over the ecologists then completed a second pass at a height of about 15 meters according to eyewitnesses. While preparing for a third pass, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in the Lake of Bracciano. Both occupants were killed.

Crash of a Boeing 707-338C in Rome: 33 killed

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1988 at 0030 LT

Type of aircraft:

Boeing 707

Operator:

Registration:

5X-UBC

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Rome-Fiumicino-Leonardo da Vinci

Schedule:

London - Rome - Entebbe

MSN:

19630

YOM:

1968

Flight number:

QU775

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Landing (descent or approach)

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Captain / Total flying hours:

8365

Copilot / Total flying hours:

2202

Aircraft flight hours:

58098

Aircraft flight cycles:

17363

Circumstances:

Uganda Airlines flight 775, a Boeing 707-338C, took off from London-Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom, at 2110LT on a flight to Rome-Fiumicino Airport, Italy and Entebbe, Uganda. During the descent to Rome, clearance was received for a descent to 4,000 feet in preparation for an ILS approach to runway 16L. Visibility was deteriorating with RVR values of 400 meters (point Alfa), 1,000 meters (point Bravo) and 350 meters (point Charlie). A missed approach procedure was carried out at 0005. A second approach was attempted, this time to runway 25. This was also abandoned due to poor visibility. RVR values for runway 34L (1,600 m, 2,000 m and 150 meters respectively. At Alfa, Bravo and Charlie made the crew request radar vectoring to runway 34L. The aircraft was established on the localizer at 0028. The aircraft continued to descend below the 420 feet MDA, although the runway visual markings hadn't been located. Because the flight crew failed to use the altitude callouts, the GPWS sounded unexpectedly. The right wing collided with the roof of a car rental agency located 1,300 meters short of the runway, 100 meters to the right of the extended centreline. The aircraft continued and crashed 500 meters further, bursting into flames. 33 occupants were killed, among them all seven crew members, while 19 passengers were injured.

Probable cause:

The crew's lack of adequate preparation in the procedure for a Non Precision Approach on runway 34L at Fiumicino Airport, especially in the matter of crew coordination and altitude callouts and their continued descent beyond MDA without having located the runway visual markings.
Besides, the following factors may have contributed to the cause of the accident:
1) Presumed mental and physical fatigue, accumulated by the crew during the two previous landing approaches, which were also carried out in an environmental situation that was extremely unfavourable and operationally demanding.;
2) A configuration of the Altitude Instruments, which although sufficient for the approaches that were carried out, consisted of a single radio altimeter with the acoustic warning of the MDA crossing inoperative;
3) The attention of the crew was excessively concentrated on the luminous sources along runway 34L, instead of on the instrument readings.
Furthermore (...) part of the Board of Inquiry as well as the representative of the Ugandan CA, disassociated themselves from the majority, during the phase of identifying the factors that may have contributed to causing the accident.

Crash of a Partenavia P.68C Observer at Latina AFB: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 5, 1986

Type of aircraft:

Partenavia P.68

Operator:

Registration:

PS-A95

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Training

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MSN:

336-23-OB

YOM:

1984

Location:

Latina-Enrico Comani AFB

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SIAI-Marchetti SF.600TP Canguro

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The crew was completing a training mission when the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances while approaching Latina-Enrico Comani AFB. Both pilots were killed.

Crash of a SIAI-Marchetti SF.600TP Canguro near Civitavecchia: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 8, 1985

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

SIAI-Marchetti Aeronautica

Registration:

I-CANG

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Flight Type:

Test

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Site:

Mountains

MSN:

001

YOM:

1984

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While on a test flight, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of Mt Tolfa located about 10 km northeast of Civitavecchia. Both pilots were killed.

Crash of a Partenavia AP.68TP-100 off Gatea: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 5, 1982

Type of aircraft:

Partenavia P.68

Operator:

Registration:

I-RAIO

Flight Phase:

Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III

Flight Type:

Test

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Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Naples - Naples

MSN:

6002

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The twin engine aircraft (second P.68 prototype) departed Naples-Capodichino on a local test flight. While cruising over the gulf of Gaeta, the pilot encountered controllability problems. The airplane entered a dive and crashed into the sea off Gaeta. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Probable cause:

During the second experimental flight, due to turbulences generated by both turpoprop engines, stabilizers were damaged in an extensive manner, causing the aircraft to become uncontrollable on its pitch axis.

Crash of a Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III in Leonessa: 10 killed

Date & Time: Dec 16, 1978 at 1245 LT

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Air 70

Registration:

I-ASCN

Flight Phase:

Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)

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Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

Trieste - Rome - Algiers

MSN:

421C-0054

YOM:

1976

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The twin engine airplane departed Trieste-Ronchi dei Legionari Airport at 1045LT on a charter flight to Algiers with two pilots and eight passengers, a delegation of the Icomsa. An en route stop was planned in Rome and while cruising in limited visibility due to foggy conditions, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the airplane struck power cables and crashed on a house located in Leonessa, about 80 km northeast of Rome. The aircraft was destroyed and all eight occupants were killed.
Crew:
Carlo Rinauro,
Giuseppe Torrisi.
Passengers:
Giuseppe Pino Bottacin,
Armand Houzel,
Enzo Bandelloni,
Giulio Brunetta,
Adriano Brunetti,
Giovanni Indri,
Giampaolo Schvarcz,
Giuseppe Trapanese.

Crash of a Boeing 707-360C in Rome: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 19, 1977 at 0412 LT

Type of aircraft:

Boeing 707

Operator:

Registration:

ET-ACD

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Cargo

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Site:

Rome-Fiumicino-Leonardo da Vinci

Schedule:

Rome – Asmara – Addis Ababa

MSN:

19736/696

YOM:

1968

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