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2009 Italian Air Force Lockheed C-130 crash

23 Nov 2009 · Le Rene di Coltano locality, Pisa

Lockheed C-130 Hercules · Crash shortly after take-off; undetermined causes

From Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Pisa-San Giusto Airport, Pisa, Italy

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
5 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
5
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Military

Lockheed C-130 Hercules

Aircraft type
Lockheed C-130
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
MM62176
Onboard fatalities
5
Route
From Pisa International Airport (PSA)To Pisa-San Giusto Airport, Pisa, Italy

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

The Italian Air Force Lockheed C-130 crash was an air accident that occurred on 23 November 2009, in which a Lockheed KC-130J Hercules transport aircraft (the tanker version of the C-130J), registration MM62176, belonging to the 46th Air Brigade of the Italian Air Force, crashed. The crash occurred during take-off from the military airport of Pisa in the course of a training mission.

According to Italian Air Force sources, the Hercules, commanded by pilot Major Bruno Cavezzana, crashed immediately after take-off, coming down on a secondary line of the Tyrrhenian Railway on the Pisa-Collesalvetti-Cecina section.

The five servicemen on board, all of whom died, were serving with the 46th Air Brigade stationed in Pisa.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Italian Wikipedia article “Incidente del Lockheed C-130 dell'Aeronautica Militare Italiana del 2009” (revision 142368014, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Italian Wikipedia article: Incidente del Lockheed C-130 dell'Aeronautica Militare Italiana del 2009
Article
Incidente del Lockheed C-130 dell'Aeronautica Militare Italiana del 2009
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
142368014 · 2024-11-28 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q16622716
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
Record
it Wikipedia article "Incidente del Lockheed C-130 dell'Aeronautica Militare Italiana del 2009" (page 4746017, revision 142368014), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia article: the date in its opening sentence (the infobox gives none to the day)
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site; country from Wikidata (P17)
Map position
Wikipedia article coordinates
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
operator named as an armed force or military unit in the infobox
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Italian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.