Accident Lockheed F-104G Starfighter MM6584,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 47140
 
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Date:Tuesday 19 April 1966
Time:12:07 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic F104 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed F-104G Starfighter
Owner/operator:Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI)
Registration: MM6584
MSN: 6584
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Grosseto AB (GR) -   Italy
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Grosseto AB
Destination airport:Grosseto AB
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Loss of control during aerobatic manouver at low level. Struck the roof of hangar. Intense fire occured. Pilot Cap Umberto D'Aurelio (29) and one on ground (31) killed. Five others injured.

Sources:

Scramble
http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1966_04/19660420_0005.pdf
http://www.916-starfighter.de/F-104_AMI_losses.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Nov-2008 10:35 ASN archive Added
19-Sep-2013 18:13 TB Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
21-Oct-2014 17:42 Anon. Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative]
21-Oct-2014 18:58 TB Updated [Operator, Narrative]
15-Dec-2014 18:18 Anon. Updated [Operator, Narrative]
23-Jan-2015 15:16 TB Updated [Operator, Narrative]
10-Dec-2015 07:41 Anon. Updated [Narrative]
17-Feb-2016 21:03 TB Updated [Narrative]

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