Rivolto – Grazzanise

On April 25, 1970 at 10:23 AM, Rivolto – Grazzanise experienced a crash involving Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, operated by Italian Air Force - Aeronautica Militare Italiana, with the event recorded near Rivolto Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

19 people were known to be on board, 17 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 89.5%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 12, passenger fatalities: 10, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. After takeoff from Rivolto Airbase, while in initial climb, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a huge explosion in an open field located few km from the airfield. Two passengers were seriously injured while 17 other occupants were killed, among them members of the Italian Army Ski Team and also engineers and technicians of the Aeronautical Military Division of the FIAT Group.

Aircraft reference details include registration MM52-6018, MSN 10948, year of manufacture 1952.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.9537°, 13.0205°.