Trapani - Trapani

On May 31, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Trapani - Trapani experienced a crash involving Piaggio P.1HH HammerHead, operated by Piaggio Aerospace, with the event recorded near Trapani Sicily.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

0 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Based on a Piaggio P.180 Avanti, the Piaggio P.1HH HammerHead is a drone prototype. Engaged in a series of test as part of the certification program, the twin engine aircraft left Trapani-Vincenzo Florio Airport at 1120LT for a local test flight. About 20 minutes later, the contact was lost with the ground station and the aircraft crashed into the sea about 8 km north of the Levanzo Island. The aircraft was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration CPX621.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.0589°, 12.5582°.