FN.333 RIVIERA PRODUCTION

WANTED!

Any information to identify the following Nardi/SIAI-Marchetti FN.333 Riviera amphibians is most welcome;
I-EUST (s/n ?)
I-KISS (s/n ?)
I-RAIA (s/n 0110 / 12bis?)
I-RAIB (s/n ?)
I-RAIE (s/n ?)
I-RAIG (s/n ?)
I-RAIG  (s/n ?) 08 Dec 1960 accident Lago di Como, Italy.
SE-EEN (s/n 011) Where did she go after Sweden?
One of the Nardi FN.333 prototypes is stored at Museum (Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnica ) in Milan, Italy. Can anyone identify this airframe (Reg. Marks / c/n)?

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Riviera C-GKMD (s/n 0106)
Photo: © Gary Vincent

FN.333 Riviera I-RAIA (c/n 0110?)
Photo: © SIAI Marchetti

FN.333 Riviera N5HL (c/n 0102)
Photo: © Jeff Coggins (via Roger J. Paquette)

Nardi FN.333 Prototype
Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnica, Milan, Italy.
Photo: www.luftfahrtmuseum.com

Special thanks to: Roger J. Paquette, Pete Longley and Gary Vincent for helping with photos and information!

 
S C/N Mfg: Model: Reg. No: Date: Remarks:
U (1) NARDI FN.333 I-KISS 04 Dec 1952 First flight.  Prototype 1.
U (2) NARDI FN.333-S I-? 08 Dec 1954 First flight.  Prototype 2.
U (3) FIAT FN.333-1  I-EUST 14 Oct 1956 First flight.  Fiat Prototype 1
U (4) FIAT FN.333-1 I-RAIG(1) 29 Mar 1960 C of A issued.  Fiat Protoype 2.
C 001 NARDI FN.333 I-RAIA 04 Dec 1958 Maiden flight.
N622 07 Oct 1964 Aircraft made a forced landing on water when engine quit during low pass at Chandeleur Is, Lousiana.  Aircraft caught fire and was destroyed.  Injuries: 1 minor/none.
R  002 SIAI
Marchetti
(1962)		 FN.333 N73900 13 Jul 1962 Arrived USA aboard ship S/S "James Lykes" at Newark, New Jersey.  Loaded in the port of Genoa, Italy together with c/n 003?
15 Aug 1962 C of A issued.
  George H. Paquette; Servair, Inc.; Detroit City Airport, Michigan, USA
N627 09 Jun 1978 Robert S. Bertrand; 700 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA  92262, USA.
12 Mar 2003  Rick L. Bertrand; 68-895 Perez RD #4 , Cathedral City, CA 92234, USA
C 003 SIAI
Marchetti		 FN.333 N73901 13 Jul 1962 Arrived USA aboard ship S/S "James Lykes" at Newark, New Jersey.  Loaded in the port of Genoa, Italy together with c/n 002?
N623 03 Jun 1964 Gear up landing on airport at Brookhaven Airport, Mississippi.  Injuries: 3 minor/none.
03 Oct 1972 Crashed on emergency gear up landing off airport, at Canton, South Dakota, after engine quit from oil exhaustion during flight.  Pilot failed to secure oil cap.  Injuries: 2 minor.
C 004 SIAI
Marchetti		 FN.333 N628 24 May 1974 Aircraft nosed over and crashed in water, after porpoising on landing at Tallahassee, Florida.  Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious.
D 005 SIAI
Marchetti
(1965)		 FN.333 I-SIAE    
(LN-HHD) Jun 1965 Imported from Italy by Ocean Products AS, Bergen, for operation by Westwing AS, Bergen.  Registration marks LN-HHD were never applied to the aircraft, and the the Riviera was never officially registered on Norwegian CAR when accident happened.
05 Jul 1965 Aircraft overturned at moorings for unknown reason on Bergen Harbour, Norway.  Salvaged and brought ashore.  Engine removed.
21 Jul 1965 Airlifted by Agusta-Bell 204B helicopter from Bergen Harbour to be transported to Flesland Airport.  Early in the airlift, the Riviera started to 'fly' and get out of control, so the helicopter pilot had to drop her into the sea.  The Rivera broke up and sank when a ferry boat tried to salvage her.  The Riviera still had the Italian registration I-SIAE painted on.
   
C 006 SIAI Marchetti FN.333 N624    
19 Aug 1965 Aircraft crashed and sank when landing gear down on Three Lakes, Wisconsin.  Injuries: 3 serious.
C 007 SIAI
Marchetti
(1963)		 FN.333 N625 06 May 1968 Perry A. Strohl Jr; 1614 Mac Asia Road, Akron, OH 44305, USA
25 Oct 1968 Aircraft stalled and crashed on approach, when engine quit from fuel starvation at Akron, Ohio.  Fuel selector on empty tank.  Injuries: 1 fatal.
Still registered on US CAR.
C 008 SIAI
Marchetti		 FN.333 N626 02 Sep 1968 Aircraft struck an object during landing on water in Winter Haven, Florida.  Landing was aborted and aircraft landed on airport.  Substantial damage to aircraft.  Injuries: 2 minor/none.
R 009 SIAI
Marchetti
(1963)		 FN.333 I-SIAU Dec 1963  
28 Jul 1964 Demos at Kastrup Airport, Denmark.
SE-CWN 12 May 1967 AB Flyg In; Bromma, Sweden
29 Aug 1967 S. G. B. Bengtson; Johanneshov, Sweden
LN-BEG 20 Jun 1973 Mads J. Thyvold; Oslo, Norway
27 Jan 1975 Iver Havdal; Trondheim, Norway
07 Sep 1979 Kai Bogen; Stjördal, Norway
20 Feb 1987 Roald Kyrre Andersen; P.O. Box 35, N-9329 Moen, Norway. C of A expired 1989.
30 Jun 1989 C of A expired.  Stored at Bardufoss AFB.  Under restoration.
C 010 SIAI
Marchetti		 FN.333 I-RAIV 16 Apr 1966 C of A No: 253 issued to SIAI Marchetti; Sesto Calende (Lago Maggiore), Italy.
(OO-DEA)    
OO-HEB    
25 Jul 1968 Accident at Heppignies, Belgium.
U 011 SIAI
Marchetti		 FN.333 SE-EEN 25 May 1963 Temporarily registered on Swedish CAR to Travelair Scandinavia AB; Norrköping, until  24 Aug 1963.
     
U 0101 SIAI
Marchetti		 FN.333 I-SIAO ?  
VH-SAV 04 Sep 1964 Transfield Pty Ltd; North Sydney, NSW, Australia.
10 Sep 1971 Piper Investments Pty Ltd; Sydney, NSW, Australia.
03 Mar 1972 R. A. Lee; Park Dale, Vic, Australia.
13 Sep 1972 Riviera Flying Group Pty Ltd; Ringwood, Vic, Australia.
15 Jan 1976 South Pacific Airways Pty Ltd; Church Point, NSW, Australia.
28 Jan 1977 Ramsay Constructions Pty Ltd; Normanton, Qld, Australia.
24 Oct 1980 Withdrawn from use.
11 Jul 2000 Charles William Riley; P O Box 95, Tocumwal, NSW 2714, Australia.
R 0102 SIAI
Marchetti
(1962)		 FN.333 I-ELYO? 1961  
I-RAIW 16 Apr 1966 C of A No: 253 issued to SIAI Marchetti; Sesto Calende (Lago Maggiore), Italy.
(OO-DEB) ?  
OO-HAR ?  
F-BTAM 28 Jan 1972 Aèrospèciale; Rennes-Saint Jacques
N5HL 27 Oct 1999 Robert Weese; 2574 Fox Point Road, Quinlan, TX  75474-9047, USA
15 Jan 2005 Observed at Airpak East Airport (1F7), Rockwell, Texas.  Under restoration in hangar.
   
C 0103 SIAI
Marchetti		 FN.333 LN-NPA 01 Sep 1965 Björumfly; H. Björum, Oslo, Norway
03 Jul 1968 Cancelled from Norwegian CAR
OO-HPA 1968 Belgium
OH-SRA 08 Sep 1969 M. Terho; Ihala, Finland
27 May 1970 Wihuri-Yhtymä Oy Lentohuolto, Helsinki, Finland.
Operated by S. W. Särkkä; Jyväskylä.
10 Jun 1970 Operated by S. W. Särkkä & O. Rimpi; Jyväskylä.
02 Mar 1981 O. Rimpi; Espoo, Finland
11 May 1989 Engine failure during second test flight after seven years storage.  Crashed and burned out at Hyvinkää.
07 Jul 1989 Cancelled from Finnish CAR as destroyed.
R 0104 SIAI
Marchetti
(1964)		 FN.333 I-SIAI ?  
I-SIAM ?  
N918NS 10 Oct 1966 C of A issued.
? Sale reported to one Mr. Lewis J. Coppola (?); 70 Trumbull Avenue, Plainville, CT 06062, USA. Status unknown.
1994- Dr. J. Langhoff; Germany.
Under restoration
C 0105 SIAI
Marchetti
(1965)		 FN.333 N912NS 04 Nov 1965 C of A issued.
12 Jul 1984 The aircraft had not been flown for 6 years.  On flight from Chicago to Lansing, MI, aircraft touched down gear up on grass short of runway at Capital City Airport, Lansing.  Bounced and flew another 200 ft before coming to a stop on a service road.  No fuel in left tank.
20 Aug 1984 Aviation Associates Inc.; 5746 Bearcreek Drive, Lansing, MI 48917, USA
F 0106 SIAI
Marchetti		 FN.333 N916NS 24 Sep 1967 Aircraft substantial damaged when landed gear up on airport in Boston, MA.  Injuries: 3 minor/none.
C-GKMD 1977 Registered on Canadian CAR.
07 Dec 1979 Leonard Cox; 302-1120 Yates Street, Victoria, British Columbia  V8V 3M9, Canada.
17 Mar 1998 Leonard & Greta Cox; 250 King George Terrace, Victoria, British Columbia  V8S 2K2, Canada.
27 May 2002 Cancelled from Canadian CAR.  Exported to USA.
N993DM 20 Aug 2002 Fulwiler Air Inc; 1931 Airport Drive, Green Bay, WI 54313-5537, USA
U 0107 SIAI
Marchetti
(1965)		 FN.333 N913NS 15 Dec 1965 C of A issued.
15 Oct 1968 Aircraft substantial damaged during off airport emergency landing (gear up) at Pomona, California, when engine quit from fuel starvation.  Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor.
01 May 1979 Aircraft nosed over after hard landing (on water?) at Hot Springs, Arkansas.
? Leonard Cox; 302-1120 Yates Street, Victoria, British Columbia V8V 3M9, Canada.
19 Jun 2002 Fulwiler Air Inc; 1931 Airport Drive, Green Bay, WI 54313-5537, USA
Aircraft in storage needing some repair.
C 0108 SIAI
Marchetti		 FN.333 N914NS 12 Nov 1966 Engine problems during take off from airport.  Pilot made a successful emergency landing on a small lake.  Aircraft crashed with trees when pilot attempted take off from lake at Sorrento, Florida.  Substantial damage to aircraft.  Injuries: 1 minor/none.
C 0109 SIAI
Marchetti		 FN.333 N917NS 30 Aug 1970 Aircraft observed at level flight 1500 ft AGL, when power was reduced and aircraft entered a spin and crashed at Shelton, CT.  Aircraft took off from Bridgeport, CT, for a training flight. Injuries: 2 fatal.
F 0110 SIAI
Marchetti
(1966)		 FN.333 I-RAIA 08 Mar1966 Temporary C of A No: 252 issued to SIAI Marchetti; Sesto Calende (Lago Maggiore), Italy.
N6252    
N95DR 25 Jan 1972 C of A issued.
26 Sep 2000 Kennon S. Shea; PO Box U, 353 Jackson Street, Quincy, CA 95971-0430, USA
C 0111 SIAI
Marchetti
(1964)		 FN.333 N632 17 Apr 1965 Aircraft substantial damaged when struck a submerged object on landing on river at Secaucus, New Jersey.  Injuries: 1 minor/none.
16 Oct 1967 William T. Reinders; 15519 Lexington, Harvey, IL 60426, USA
D 12BIS SIAI
Marchetti
(1969)		 FN.333 I-RAIA 08 Apr 1969 C of A No: 267 issued to to SIAI Marchetti; Sesto Calende (Lago Maggiore), Italy.
N591W 11 Aug 1977 Aviation Associates Inc.; 5211 7th Avenue Drive W, Bradenton, FL 33505, USA
25 May 1983 The aircraft was being taxied in after landing when the engine quit.  The pilot cranked the engine to restart, when an explosion was heard and flames appeared in the cabin area.  The pilot evacuated the aircraft as flames totally destroyed it.
S C/N Mfg: Model: Reg. No: Date: Remarks

Status codes:

  Flying (F)
  Unknown (U) / Restoration (R) / Stored (S) / Cancelled (X) / Museum (M)
  Crashed (C) / Destroyed (D)


Updated: 2006-02-16
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