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Crash of a Bloch MB.200 near Iglesias: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 25, 1938 at 2300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bloch MB.200
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bizerte - Bizerte
Location:
Iglesias
Sardinia
Country:
Italy
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Captain / Total flying hours:
2000
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed AFB on a night maritime patrol flight over the Mediterranean Sea. It crashed in unknown circumstances near Iglesias, south Sardinia. All five crew members were killed, among them pilot Gaston Inemarc.

Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti S.55P off Olbia: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 20, 1929 at 1030 LT
Type of aircraft:
Savoia-Marchetti S.55
Operator:
Registration:
I-TACO
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Cagliari – Olbia – Rome
MSN:
10519
YOM:
1929
Location:
Olbia
Sardinia
Country:
Italy
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
9
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While landing in the harbor of Olbia, on a very calm sea, the seaplane landed hard, overturned and came to rest upside down off Terranova Pausania. A passenger was killed while 11 other occupants were injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
The accident was caused by an optical illusion that suffered the pilot-in-command prior to landing. Due to the fact that the sea was very calm, in conjunction with the light density, the pilot misjudged the distance between the seaplane and the water surface, causing the aircraft to slam the water.
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