| Date: | Wednesday 30 July 1941 |
| Time: | 09:15 |
| Type: |  Macchi C.100 |
| Owner/operator: | Ala Littoria |
| Registration: | I-PACE |
| MSN: | 4158 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1940 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 25 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Roma-Lido di Ostia Seaplane Base -
 Italy
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Roma-Lido di Ostia Seaplane Base |
| Cagliari-Elmas Airport (CAG/LIEE) |
After takeoff, at about 300 ft. the crew decided to return for a precautionary landing because of problems with one of the engines. Turning back over the bank of river Tiber, the aircraft encountered strong turbulence at low altitude and went down. It struck the ground and crashed.
Sources:
Dimensione Cielo, Ed. Bizzarri,Vol.8 pag.38
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