Aviano - Athens

On July 24, 1985 at 07:00 PM, Aviano - Athens experienced a crash involving Beechcraft U-21 Ute, operated by United States Army, with the event recorded near Athens Attica / <U+0391>tt<U+03B9><U+03BA><U+03AE>.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. On approach to Athens-Ellinikon Airport, the crew encountered unknown technical problems and was forced to ditch the aircraft some 21 km off the Greek coast. All three occupants were quickly rescued while the aircraft broke in two and sank.

Aircraft reference details include registration 67-18112, MSN LM-108, year of manufacture 1967.