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Date: | Tuesday 8 May 1951 |
Time: | |
Type: | Cessna 170 |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | HB-CAR |
MSN: | 18879 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ligny-en-Barrois, Meuse -
France
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | LSZH Zürich |
Destination airport: | EGCR London-Croydon |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:In bad weather the aircraft hit a tree with a wing, crashed and burned. The pilot was killed and his passenger was carried to hospital. The next day reassuring news concerning his state were given.
Sources:
Feuille d'Avis de Lausanne 107, 9.5.1951, p.24: Text
Tribune de Lausanne 131, 12.5.1951, p.3: Foto
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Sep-2015 16:11 |
sparrow9 |
Added |
10-Sep-2018 19:38 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Location] |