Incident Piper PA-23-150 Apache D D-GIRL,
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Date:Saturday 14 April 1962
Time:22:10
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA23 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-23-150 Apache D
Owner/operator:Deutsche Pilotenschule Mannheim
Registration: D-GIRL
MSN: 23-873
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Ebersecken/LU - 1.5 nm ENE WIL-VOR -   Switzerland
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Little or no information is available
Narrative:
CNK
At 22 hrs Zurich ACC communicated the crash or forced landing of a German light twin. The pilot indicated engine problems, A short time later he said he would have to land as he had lost both engines. The aircraft was found the next day at noon, the pilot was evacuated by helicopter to a hospital with a broken leg and other injuries.

Sources:

http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/
Nouvelle Revue de Lausanne, no 89, 16.4.1962, p. 5, via Scriptorium
https://scriptorium.bcu-lausanne.ch/zoom/156439/view?page=5&p=separate&search=avion&hlid=1623703026&tool=search&view=516,2930,1241,563

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Dec-2015 19:19 TB Added
13-Feb-2019 06:35 sparrow9 Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
13-Feb-2019 20:43 sparrow9 Updated [Time, Location]

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