Naples - Sigonella

On January 17, 1972 at 12:00 AM, Naples - Sigonella experienced a crash involving Grumman C-1A Trader, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Catania Sicily.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew reported his position to Naples ATC at 1400LT en route to Sigonella NAS near Catania, Sicily. Later, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with thunderstorm activity when the airplane went out of control and crashed into the Ionian Sea off Catania. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the six crew members was found.

Aircraft reference details include registration 146037, MSN 67, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.5083°, 15.0862°.