London - Forli

On December 10, 1979 at 09:45 PM, London - Forli experienced a crash involving Learjet 36, operated by Ferruzzi, with the event recorded near Forli Emilia-Romagna.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a city crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 166.7%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 2.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane departed London on an executive flight to Forli, carrying two pilots and one passenger, Mr. Serafino Ferruzzi, founder and owner of the Italian Group Ferruzzi S.p.A. The approach to Forli Airport was initiated by night and poor weather conditions. On short final, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the left wing struck a tv antenna located on the top of a hill, some 2,300 meters short of runway 12 threshold. The airplane lost height and crashed on a house. All three people on board the aircraft as well as two people in the house were killed. At the time of the accident, the horizontal visibility was limited to 300 metres due to heavy rain falls and the runway 12 ILS glideslope was inoperative. Crew: Enzo Villani, pilot, Roberto Cases, copilot. Passenger: Serafino Ferruzzi. Those killed on ground were Fiorella Ricci et Libero Ricci.

Aircraft reference details include registration I-AIFA, MSN 36-021, year of manufacture 1976.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 44.2227°, 12.0413°.