Sigonella - Sigonella

On April 11, 1964 at 08:00 PM, Sigonella - Sigonella experienced a crash involving Grumman S-2 Tracker, operated by Italian Air Force - Aeronautica Militare Italiana, with the event recorded near Valguarnera Sicily.

The flight was categorized as fire fighting and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was engaged in a fire fighting mission in the center of Sicily. As the mission was over, the crew was returning to his base at Sigonella NAS when, cruising by night at an insufficient altitude, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located near the village of Valguarnera. The wreckage was found few hours later and both pilots were killed. Crew: 1st Lt Giancario Napolitano, 1st Lt Arnaldo Pala.

Aircraft reference details include registration MM144703, MSN 664, year of manufacture 1958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.4954°, 14.3908°.