Pisa - Rome

On February 2, 2013 at 08:32 PM, Pisa - Rome experienced a crash involving ATR72-500, operated by Alitalia - Linee Aeree Italiane, with the event recorded near Rome-Fiumicino-Leonardo da Vinci Lazio.

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

50 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 50 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 46, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The Rome-Fiumicino Airport Runway 25 was closed to trafic due to work in progress so the crew was vectored and cleared for a landing on runway 16L. The approach was completed in good visibility with strong crosswinds from 250° at 28 knots gusting to 41 knots and windshear. On the last segment, the aircraft lost height and impacted ground 567 metres short of runway 16L threshold. The aircraft bounced three times, lost its right main gear, slid for few dozen metres and came to rest in a grassy area some 1,780 metres past the runway threshold. All 50 occupants were rescued, among them seven were slightly injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration YR-ATS, MSN 533, year of manufacture 1997.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.8154°, 12.2265°.