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Date: | Wednesday 7 June 1939 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
Owner/operator: | Aero Club de Suisse, Section des Montagnes Neuchateloi |
Registration: | HB-OTI |
MSN: | 1890 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Les Eplatures Airport, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Canton of Neuchâtel -
Switzerland
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Les Eplatures Airport, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (LSGC) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Written off (destroyed) when crashed near Les Eplatures Airport, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Canton of Neuchâtel, Jura Mountains, Switzerland 7.6.39 [pilots Beck/Leuthold].
La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Swiss city in the canton of Neuchâtel. It is located in the Jura mountains at an altitude of 1000 m, a few kilometres south of the French border.
Sources:
1.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf 2.
https://histaero.ch/PDF/Flugunfaelle_1.pdf 3.
https://app02.bazl.admin.ch/web/bazl/en/#/lfr/detail/HB-OTI-1331696 4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p018.html 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_HB-.html 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Eplatures_Airport
History of this aircraft
c/no. 1890 DH.60G [Gipsy I engine#1400] to Werner Stocklin, Switzerland with C of A 3420 issued 18.4.32. Registered CH-341 3.5.32 to Aero Club de Suisse, Section de Geneve, Cointrin. Re-registered 1.10.34 to Topsy-Club, Geneva. Re-registered HB-OTI 1.35 to same owner. Re-registered 6.36 to Aero Club de Suisse, Section des Montagnes Neuchateloises, La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Registration HB-OTI cancelled 30.6.39.
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Mar-2024 13:55 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
04-Mar-2024 13:56 |
harro |
Updated [Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |