Accident Aérospatiale SE 3130 Alouette II A07,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56768
 
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Date:Friday 9 June 1961
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic ALO2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aérospatiale SE 3130 Alouette II
Owner/operator:Belgische Landmacht
Registration: A07
MSN: 1468/223C
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Usumbura -   Congo (Democratic Republic)
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
c/n : 1468
Line-nr : 223C
SERIALS : F-WJDI, A7

1960-05-00: start construction
1960-00-00: at Le Bourget, first flight as F-WJDI
1960-11-00: taken on charge by the Belgian Landmacht as A-7
1960-00-00: delivered to the 18 Escadrille
1960-00-00: aircraft is flown to Kamina (Congo) by C119
0000-00-00: flown to Kigali (Ruanda)
0000-00-00: transferred to Usumbura (Urundi) where Light Aviation Flight is based
under the command of COMRU (Commando Ruanda-Urundi)
1961-06-09: Cat.5, crashed into Lake Tanganika (Ruanda-Urundi)
pilot : Cdt-Vl Buekenhout OK,
mechanic: Sgt Roger Devrieze drowned, 18 Sqn Lt Avn
1961-06-00: date out

Sources:

1. http://www.ailes-militaires-belges.be/index.php?lang=frindex.php?lang=fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=186&Itemid=470
2. http://www.alouettelama.com/msn/a2-1401/A2-1468.html
3. https://www.belgian-wings.be/aerospatiale-alouette-ii-part-1


Images:


taken by my father',ZIEGLER A.,the day of the salvage

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Jan-2019 16:36 cobar Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
21-Nov-2023 06:47 Peter Ziegler Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, Photo]

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