Accident Pitts S-2A I-NLAT,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33190
 
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Date:Thursday 21 May 1981
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic PTS2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Pitts S-2A
Owner/operator:Casearlatte
Registration: I-NLAT
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:East of Romans d'Isonzo (GO) -   Italy
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Demo/Airshow/Display
Departure airport:LIPQ
Destination airport:LIPQ
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed in the countryside during solo aerobatic flight. Former Frecce Tricolori pilot Nunzio Ruggiero killed.

Sources:

Press reports
My own source

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
21-Feb-2011 13:40 Anon. Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage]
26-Dec-2012 08:13 Anon. Updated [Phase]
20-Mar-2017 03:08 Dr.John Smith Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Jun-2017 20:05 Anon. Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
15-Dec-2017 17:11 j155 Updated [Location, Source, Damage, Narrative]

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