ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163256
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| Date: | Thursday 30 April 1936 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Reale Unione Nazionale Aeronautica,Sede Provinciale |
| Registration: | I-GINO |
| MSN: | 470 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rome Urbe Airport, Littorio, Rome -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Rome Urbe Airport, Littorio, Rome, Italy (LIRU) |
c/no. 470: DH.60X Moth [Cirrus II engine] sold to Italian Air Ministry with C of A 1235 issued 31.10.27. Flown to Italy by Alan Butler, departing Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex 3.11.27 and handed over to the Regia Aeronautica at Milan 6.11.27. To the Italian Air Force as MM191. Re-registered I-GINO [C of R 1215] 17.6.32 to Ludovico Spada Potenziani, Rome-Littorio.
Registration cancelled 30.9.32 as transferred (back) to Regia Aeronautica as MM191. Re-registered as I-GINO again [C of R 1683] 2.4.35 to Reale Aero Club D'Italia, Rome [and based at Genova]. Re-registered to Reale Unione Nazionale Aeronautica (RUNA), Sede Provinciale, Roma.
Registration I-GINO cancelled as aircraft "out of use through accident" 30.4.36 (details lacking, but reportedly crashed shortly after takeoff from Rome-Urbe Airport, injuring both occupants).
Rome Urbe Airport (Italian: Aeroporto di Roma-Urbe, ICAO: LIRU) is a small civilian airport in Rome, situated in the northern part of the city, between Via Salaria and the Tiber River, about 2.7 NM (5 km, 3.1 mi) inside the Greater Ring Road (Italian: Grande Raccordo Anulare or GRA), the circular motorway around the city
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/italy.pdf
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome_Urbe_Airport
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-rome
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_I-8.html
6. http://raciweb.altervista.org/registro.php?marche=I-GINO
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome_Urbe_Airport#History
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2014 21:12 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Aug-2017 13:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jan-2021 14:38 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Oct-2023 12:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Source]] |
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