Milan - Venice - Cortina d'Ampezzo

On March 11, 1967 at 04:00 PM, Milan - Venice - Cortina d'Ampezzo experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, operated by Aeralpi, with the event recorded near Mt Col Visentin Veneto.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 80.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew departed Milan in the afternoon on a flight to Cortina d'Ampezzo with an intermediate stop in Venice. Few minutes after takeoff from Venice-Marco Polo Airport, while flying above the Dolomites Mountain Range, the crew encountered foggy conditions. The pilot decided to reduce his altitude in an attempt to establish a visual contact with the ground when, in the Fadalto Valley, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of Mt Col Visentin (1,763 meters high). The wreckage was found on the Colcanin Hill, north of Vittorio Veneto. Both pilots and two passengers were killed while a third passenger was injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration I-CLAI, MSN 30, year of manufacture 1967.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.5034°, 12.2767°.