Lugano – Rome

On September 9, 2005 at 06:30 PM, Lugano – Rome experienced a crash involving Cessna 501 Citation I, operated by AeroItalia, with the event recorded near Rome-Ciampino Lazio.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 5 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: 3, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

After landing on runway 15 (2,207 metres long) at Rome-Ciampino Airport, the aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance. It overran, collided with the localizer antenna and came to rest. While the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair, all five occupants escaped uninjured. It was raining at the time of the accident and the runway was wet.

Aircraft reference details include registration I-AROM, MSN 501-0042, year of manufacture 1978.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.7995°, 12.5913°.