Date:	Sunday 15 May 1960
Time:
Type:	Tipsy T.66 Nipper Mk 2
Owner/operator:	COGEA Nouvelle NV
Registration:	OO-GDA
MSN:	48
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Keerbergen Airfield, Flemish Brabant -   Belgium
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Keerbergen
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
1960: Constructed by Avions Fairey SA at Gosselies. Fitted with a 45hp Stark Stamo 1400cc engine.
26/04/60: Registered as OO-GDA (CofR 1306) to Cogea Nouvelle NV - Oostende 05/05/60. (CofA issued 15/05/60)
24/08/60: Crashed during aerobatics at Keerbergen (pilot Walter Meulenberghs killed)
24/08/60. Cancelled from the Belgian Civil Register TT 11.57hrs .Remains transported to Gosselies, used for spares

After take-off, the pilot made some maneuvers at low-altitude. After a "lazy eight", the plane crashed east of the airfield. The pilot was seriously injured and taken to hospital where he died.

1. Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 / J.Appleton and A. Thys, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 25 3)
2. http://www.tipsy-histories.com/pages/nipper48.html
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.mcgosselies.be/histoire/tipsy-nipper-2.html]
- Air-Britain Archive, March 1982, p. 11

Book: Het verdronken vliegveld van Keerbergen and Tipsy Nipper story.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Apr-2008 07:00	ASN archive	Added
17-Aug-2012 16:31	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
25-Nov-2016 21:25	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Aug-2019 10:27	Uli Elch	Updated [Source]
27-Jun-2022 23:38	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
15-May-2023 07:36	Roberto	Updated [[Location]]