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Date: | Tuesday 20 February 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
Owner/operator: | Aero Club de Suisse, Sektion Basel |
Registration: | HB-UPO |
MSN: | 1872 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Sternenfeld Aerodrome, Birsfelden, district of Arlesheim -
Switzerland
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Sternenfeld Aerodrome, Birsfelden, Switzerland |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Sternenfeld Aerodrome, Birsfelden, district of Arlesheim, Switzerland. Aircraft caught fire on impact, and burnt out.
Sources:
1.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf 2.
https://histaero.ch/PDF/Flugunfaelle_2.pdf 3.
https://app02.bazl.admin.ch/web/bazl/en/#/lfr/detail/HB-UPO-1327309 4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p018.html 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_HB-.html 6.
https://www.forgottenairfields.com/airfield-basel-sternenfeld-252.html 7.
https://www.zukunft-sternenfeld.ch/areal/geschichte/ 8.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugplatz_Basel-Sternenfeld
History of this aircraft
c/no. 1872 DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I #1378] to Werner Stocklin, Switzerland with C of A 3190 issued 4.9.31. Registered as CH-321 12.9.31 to W Schetty, Sternenfeld Aerodrome, Birsfelden. Re-registered in 1934 to G Dreyfus-Isler, Basel. Re-registered as HB-UPO 1.35. Re-registered 17.10.35 to C Ceresole, Berne-Belpmoos. Re-registered 2.37 to Aero Club de Suisse, Section Vaudoise, Lausanne/Blecherette. Re-registered [by 12.47] to Aero Club de Suisse, Sektion Basel, Sternenfeld Aerodrome, Birsfelden.
Damaged when blown over by wind Sternenfeld Aerodrome, Birsfelden 24.7.49. Repaired and returned to service.
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Feb-2024 15:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
28-Feb-2024 15:57 |
ASN |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |