Incident Overview
Date: Friday 20 February 1948
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Aerea Teseo
Registration Number: I-REGI
Location: Collesalvetti –
ÿ Italy
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 10
Component Affected: Aircraft control systems, including flight control and navigation systems.Aircraft control systems, including flight control and navigation systems.
Category: Accident
A Florence-Roma flight encountered unexpected low-level cloud cover, leading to a crash into a hillside due to a sudden weather change. The pilot made a short, unscheduled stop in Pisa to accommodate stranded passengers.A Florence-Roma flight encountered unexpected low-level cloud cover, leading to a crash into a hillside due to a sudden weather change. The pilot made a short, unscheduled stop in Pisa to accommodate stranded passengers.
Description
The flight Florence-Roma was to make an unscheduled stop at Pisa to fly some passengers there who had been stranded the day before due to a mechanical defect of their plane. The pilot chose to fly the short Florence-Pisa leg keeping the aircraft below the cloud base. Presumably the weather got suddenly worse, and the plane entered the clouds at low level. The pilot drifted briefly from the route and the plane crashed into a hill.
Primary Cause
Sudden and severe weather change, specifically low-level cloud cover, resulted in a loss of control and subsequent crash.Sudden and severe weather change, specifically low-level cloud cover, resulted in a loss of control and subsequent crash.Share on:
