Incident de Havilland DH.60G Moth HB-OLO,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 352147
 
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Date:Friday 6 July 1951
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60G Moth
Owner/operator:Aero Club de Suisse, Section Vaudoise, Lausanne
Registration: HB-OLO
MSN: 1912
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Lausanne-Blécherette Airport, Blécherette, Lausanne -   Switzerland
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Lausanne-Blécherette Airport, Blécherette, Lausanne, Switzerland (QYL/LSGL)
Destination airport:Lausanne-Blécherette Airport, Blécherette, Lausanne, Switzerland (QYL/LSGL)
Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) when crashed near Lausanne-Blécherette Airport, Blécherette, Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland 6.7.51. Pilot André Jean Périllard (1926-2006) survived with injuries.
Lausanne Airport, also known as Lausanne-Blécherette Airport, is a small civil airport located in the north of Lausanne, Switzerland. It has no scheduled commercial traffic and is used for general aviation. It also serves as a base for Swiss rescue services.


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-OLO-1331529
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p019.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_HB-.html
6. https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/glider-hb-olo-crash-wreckage-bl%C3%A9cherette-lausanne-1951-news-photo/1173842473 (photo of wreckage: for some reason, DH Moth HB-OLO is captioned as being a glider!)
7. https://www.myheritage.com/names/andr%C3%A9_perillard
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lausanne_Airport#History

History of this aircraft

c/no. 1912 DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I #1430] to Aero Club de Suisse. First flown by DeHavilland pilot John Rae at Hatfield 25.1.33 and C of A 3741 issued 27.1.33. Registered as CH-350 11.2.33 to Aero Club de Suisse, Section Vaudoise, Lausanne. Re-registered as HB-OLO 1.10.34 to same owner (later moved to Lausanne-Blécherette Airport, Blécherette, Lausanne); still registered 12.50.
Registration HB-OLO cancelled 1.1.52.

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Mar-2024 16:03 Dr. John Smith Added
02-Mar-2024 16:53 ASN Updated [Total occupants, Narrative]

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