Incident de Havilland DH.60G Moth HB-OTI,
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Date:Wednesday 7 June 1939
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 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/timeContributorUpdates
04-Mar-2024 13:55 Dr. John Smith Added
04-Mar-2024 13:56 harro Updated [Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Narrative]

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