ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342492
Date: | Friday 22 August 1930 |
Time: | 15:45 |
Type: | Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor |
Owner/operator: | CSA Ceskoslovenské Aerolinie |
Registration: | OK-FOR |
MSN: | 5-AT-050 |
Year of manufacture: | 1929 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 13 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Jihlava (Iglau) -
Czech Republic
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Kbely Air Base (LKKB) |
Destination airport: | Brno Turany Airport (BRQ/LKTB) |
Narrative:Crashed in the attempt to avoid a heavy thunderstorm. The aircraft hit the ground in poor visibility after a sharp left turn to avoid a 35 meters high chimney and caught fire. Pilot Josef Sedlár (32, 3000 hrs), mechanic Josef Trafina and eleven passengers were on board. One passenger (Professor Kraus) survived.
The airplane operated on a flight from Prague to Bratislava via Brno.
Sources:
The Ford Tri-Motor 1926-1992 / William T. Larkins
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