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Date: | Sunday 11 September 1932 |
Time: | after 8:00 |
Type: | RWD-6 |
Owner/operator: | Aeroklub Rzcezyspospolitej |
Registration: | SP-AHN |
MSN: | 55 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Horní Terlicko -
Czech Republic
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Warsaw |
Destination airport: | Brno via Krakow-Balice |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:During very high winds - in a severe storm - the sport, light plane crashed in woods Horní Terlicko on the way to an Air Day in Czechia, killing two prominent aviators - Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura.
Cause was high wind and the fact that before start at 6.00 a.m. pilots didn't check forecast.
Żwirko tried to return when storm attacked but he didn't manage.
Wind cut one wing and very light elements of plane and crashed.
Sources:
http://svici.sweb.cz/havarie.htm Jenaer Volksblatt 12 September 1932
Images:
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Jan-2008 10:38 |
Matio |
Added |
08-May-2012 11:58 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
05-Mar-2020 20:20 |
TB |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
05-Jul-2021 16:14 |
harro |
Updated [Photo] |