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1993 Italian Air Force Piaggio-Douglas PD-808 crash

15 Sept 1993 · Venice-Tessera Airport

Military Piaggio PD.808 · Crashed on the grounds of Venice Airport

From Istrana Air Base (LIPS) to Pratica di Mare Air Base (LIRE)

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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
3 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
3
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
0
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

Piaggio PD.808

Aircraft type
Piaggio PD-808
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
MM61953
Operator
Military
Onboard fatalities
3
Route
From Istrana Air Base (LIPS)To Pratica di Mare Air Base (LIRE)

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

From the Wikipedia article

The Italian Air Force Piaggio-Douglas PD-808 crash was an air disaster that occurred at Venice-Tessera Airport on 15 September 1993, when an Italian Air Force aircraft crashed into the ground within the airport perimeter, killing the three people on board.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Italian Wikipedia article “Incidente del Piaggio-Douglas PD-808 Aeronautica Militare del 1993” (revision 145795810, 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 Piaggio-Douglas PD-808 Aeronautica Militare del 1993
Article
Incidente del Piaggio-Douglas PD-808 Aeronautica Militare del 1993
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
145795810 · 2025-07-11 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q20009566
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 Piaggio-Douglas PD-808 Aeronautica Militare del 1993" (page 5307565, revision 145795810), 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
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.