Date: | Monday 23 November 2009 |
Time: | 14:10 |
Type: | Lockheed KC-130J Hercules |
Owner/operator: | Aeronautica Militare Italiana - AMI |
Registration: | MM62176 |
MSN: | 5497 |
Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce AE2100D3 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Le Rene, near Coltano -
Italy
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Pisa-Arturo dell'Oro Air Base (PSA/LIRP) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Lockheed C-130J Hercules transport plane, operated by the Italian Air Force, was destroyed when crashed and burned immediately after takeoff from Pisa-Gal Galilei Airport (PSA). All five crew members were killed. The airplane came down on a railway line, broke up and caught fire.
METAR:
13:15 UTC / 14:15 local time:
LIRP 231315Z 23013KT 9999 FEW025TCU SCT040 17/09 Q1021 NOSIG
wind 230 degrees at 13 knots; few clouds at 2,500 feet, scattered clouds at 4,000 feet; temperature 17 degrees C, dew point 9 degrees C; QNH 1021 MB
Sources:
Aeronautica Militare Italiana press release
Precipita aereo militare a Pisa: 5 morti (Corriere della Sera, 23-11-2009)
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN/ESSA); March 2008
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Pisa-Gal Galilei Airport (PSA/LIRP); August 2000
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