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: | |
Destination airport: | Pratica di Mare Air Base (LIRE) |
Narrative: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 Revision history:
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