Incident Fiat G.91 NC-1,
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Date:Wednesday 27 February 1957
Time:c. 12:20 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic g91 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Fiat G.91
Owner/operator:Fiat Aviazione S.p.A.
Registration: NC-1
MSN: 1
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Cavour (TO) -   Italy
Phase: En route
Nature:Test
Departure airport:Torino-Caselle
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The first prototyp was lost during low level high speed test flight when excessive tail flutter starting. Chief Testpilot Riccardo Bignamini ejected safely.

Sources:

http://militaria.forum-xl.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=1210
http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1957_02/19570228_0002.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Jun-2012 07:13 TB Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
21-Jun-2012 07:28 TB Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-May-2013 16:16 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration]
11-Jun-2014 19:33 TB Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]

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