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Date: | Saturday 11 June 1949 |
Time: | morning |
Type: | Ambrosini S.1001 Grifo |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | I-ASSI |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | San José -
Costa Rica
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | S.Josè Costa Rica |
Destination airport: | Nicaragua |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:"Angelo dei Bimbi" crashed and burned with pilots Col Riccardo Roveda and Dr Giovanni Vittore. Previous flown by Leonardo Bonzi/Maner Lualdi on benefit South America tour for invalid italian children from 10 January 1949. The "I-ASSI" preserved in Museum Romeo Esparto is obviously not the original airplane.
Sources:
El Litoral 11 June 1949, p2
La Stampa 11 June 1949, p3
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Jan-2015 16:51 |
TB |
Added |
30-Jan-2015 16:58 |
TB |
Updated [Narrative] |
26-Dec-2017 10:17 |
ffi1sf |
Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |