Pratica di Mare - Pratica di Mare

On August 22, 1991 at 02:00 PM, Pratica di Mare - Pratica di Mare experienced a crash involving Aeritalia G.222, operated by Italian Air Force - Aeronautica Militare Italiana, with the event recorded near Minturno Lazio.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew departed Pratica di Mare-Colonello Mario de Bernardi AFB at 1333LT on a training mission. En route, one of the engine caught fire and the crew decided to return to Pratica di Mare. While increasing engine power, the aircraft lost height and crashed about 200 metres from houses, bursting into flames. All four occupants were killed. Crew: Valtiero Bertozzi, pilot, Mosè Tomassetti, copilot, Armando Lattaro, flight engineer, Nicola Senatore, flight engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration MM62128, MSN 4035.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.2630°, 13.7465°.