ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17034
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| Date: | Saturday 2 April 1910 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Blériot XI |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bay of Biscay off San Sebastian -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | San Sebastian |
| San Sebastian | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft suffered engine malfunction, and inmediately a rigging cable broke, lost a wing and crashed from 50 m into the sea, killing the pilot Hubert Le Blon . The airccraft probably falled inverted an the pilot -sixth person in history killed in an aviation accident - drowned
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bl%C3%A9riot_XI
http://www.pennula.de/flugsport-luftsport-luftfahrt-luftverkehr-luftwaffe/luftsport-luftfahrt-luftverkehr-flugsport-1910/flugsport-1910-luftsport-luftverkehr-luftfahrt.htm
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Le_Blon
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Apr-2008 11:34 | Bleiente | Added |
| 13-Nov-2017 14:14 | gerard57 | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Nov-2017 14:15 | gerard57 | Updated [Location] |
| 18-Mar-2020 13:45 | Cobar | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2021 20:46 | volman | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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