Incident Aero A-101 17-11,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 270407
 
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Date:Tuesday 20 September 1938
Time:
Type:Aero A-101
Owner/operator:Aviación Nacional
Registration: 17-11
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Posadas Airfield (Córdoba) -   Spain
Phase: Standing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Aero "Oca" From a total manufactured 29 (all of them arrived to Spain). The Nationalists captured 22 aircraft sent for the Republic aboard the steam "Hordena". This aircraft was destroyed along with Aero 17-18 during a failed maintenance operation. Ground personnel connected an Oxygen bottle to the start-up, instead of the correct Compressed Air one and the aircrafts caught fire

Sources:

Enciclopedia de la Aviación Militar Española Vol III
Alcañiz-Fresno Pgs 765

Revision history:

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10-Dec-2021 17:33 volman Added

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