Romanshorn - Romanshorn

On May 24, 1920 at 12:00 AM, Romanshorn - Romanshorn experienced a crash involving Savoia S.16, operated by Ad Astra Aero, with the event recorded near Romanshorn Thurgau.

The flight was categorized as demonstration and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river 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 technical failure. The crew was taking part to an Air Show in Romanshorn and arrived in the morning from Geneva. During a demo flight, while flying at an altitude of 700 metres, the aircraft went out of control and lost height. During the dive, wings and other pieces detached and the aircraft eventually crashed in the Lake Constance, some 200 metres offshore. Quickly on the scene, SAR teams just found some debris floating on water and both dead bodies were found later in the lake bottom. The Swiss aviator Pierre Émile Taddéoli was killed with his mechanic Y. Giovanelli, engineer by the Italian motorist Isotta-Fraschini.

Aircraft reference details include registration CH-4, year of manufacture 1919.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.5654°, 9.3776°.