Accident de Havilland DH.60M Moth D-1869,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233389
 
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Date:Wednesday 25 October 1933
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60M Moth
Owner/operator:Gerhard Pinner
Registration: D-1869
MSN: 1544
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Dübendorf, near Zurich -   Switzerland
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Dübendorf Airport, Zurich, Switzerland (LSMD)
Destination airport:Zurich Airport, Zurich, Switzerland (LSZH)
Narrative:
Crashed from about 80-100 meters at Dübendorf, Switzerland. The pilot lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground. The pilot Gerhard Pinner (Berlin) and a one person on the ground, Edwin Salzman, were killed.

Sources:

1.Jenaer Volksblatt 26 October 1933, p1:
https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=BUR19331027-01.2.9&srpos=14&e=------193-en-20--1--img-txIN-Pinner-------0-----
2. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-dubendorf-2-killed
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p015.html
5. https://histaero.ch/PDF/Flugunfaelle_1.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_D-6.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%BCbendorf_Air_Base#History

History of this aircraft

c/no. 1544: DH.60M Moth [Gipsy II #2022]. Delivered to Alfred Friedrich, Berlin for Rudolf Schien with C of A 2560 issued 5.7.30. Registered in Germany as D-1869 7.30 to Dr Rudolf Schien, Berlin-Staaken, Germany

Registration D-1869 cancelled 30.11.1933 as "destroyed"

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Feb-2020 20:43 TB Added
27-May-2021 19:19 Cobar Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source]
11-Nov-2023 19:55 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
01-Mar-2024 15:54 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Mar-2024 15:56 ASN Updated [Narrative]

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