Cagliari – Olbia – Rome

On November 20, 1929 at 10:30 AM, Cagliari – Olbia – Rome experienced a crash involving Savoia-Marchetti S.55, operated by Società Aerea Mediterranea - SAM, with the event recorded near Olbia Sardinia.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

12 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 11 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 8.3%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 9, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While landing in the harbor of Olbia, on a very calm sea, the seaplane landed hard, overturned and came to rest upside down off Terranova Pausania. A passenger was killed while 11 other occupants were injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration I-TACO, MSN 10519, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.9237°, 9.5013°.