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Date: | Sunday 15 May 1960 |
Time: | |
Type: | Tipsy T.66 Nipper Mk 2 |
Owner/operator: | COGEA Nouvelle NV |
Registration: | OO-GDA |
MSN: | 48 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Keerbergen Airfield, Flemish Brabant -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Keerbergen |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:1960: Constructed by Avions Fairey SA at Gosselies. Fitted with a 45hp Stark Stamo 1400cc engine.
26/04/60: Registered as OO-GDA (CofR 1306) to Cogea Nouvelle NV - Oostende 05/05/60. (CofA issued 15/05/60)
24/08/60: Crashed during aerobatics at Keerbergen (pilot Walter Meulenberghs killed)
24/08/60. Cancelled from the Belgian Civil Register TT 11.57hrs .Remains transported to Gosselies, used for spares
After take-off, the pilot made some maneuvers at low-altitude. After a "lazy eight", the plane crashed east of the airfield. The pilot was seriously injured and taken to hospital where he died.
Sources:
1. Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 / J.Appleton and A. Thys, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 25 3)
2.
http://www.tipsy-histories.com/pages/nipper48.html 3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.mcgosselies.be/histoire/tipsy-nipper-2.html]
- Air-Britain Archive, March 1982, p. 11
Book: Het verdronken vliegveld van Keerbergen and Tipsy Nipper story.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Apr-2008 07:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
17-Aug-2012 16:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
25-Nov-2016 21:25 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Aug-2019 10:27 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Source] |
27-Jun-2022 23:38 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
15-May-2023 07:36 |
Roberto |
Updated [[Location]] |