| Date: | Thursday 26 June 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Kaiser-Frazer C-119J Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronautica Militare Italiana - AMI |
| Registration: | MM51-8154 |
| MSN: | KMC-157 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cisterna di Latina -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Pratica di Mare Air Base (LIRE) |
The C-119 transport plane was flying a spare engine to a damaged aircraft at Pratica di Mare Air Base in Italy.
En route one of the C-119's engines failed. The pilot then inadvertently shut down the working engine.
A forced landing was carried out near Cisterna di Latina. The aircraft broke in two and burst into flames.
Sources:
M.llo Scelto dell'Aeronautica Militare LIDO LUZZI
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