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Date: | Tuesday 16 August 1955 |
Time: | 17:48 |
Type: | Piper L-4 |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | HB-OSZ |
MSN: | 13156 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Selzach, 5.34 km N of LSZG, Alt.ca 1200m MSL (3900 ft) -
Switzerland
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | LSZG |
Destination airport: | LSZG |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Pilot wanted to fly between two ridges, was too low with his barely climbing a/c and collided with a fir, crashing on the back. Both occupants sustained head injuries an were transported to the nearest hospital. Total flying time of the pilot: 41.5 hrs.
Cause: wrong tactic of flight, flying to low
Sources:
Report of Swiss Office of Aircraft Accident Investigation, Aero Revue32(1957) Nr8, 433-435
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Jan-2014 14:25 |
sparrow9 |
Added |
01-Aug-2019 15:47 |
A.J.Scholten |
Updated [Cn, Source] |