Accident SAI KZ VII Lærke HB-EPW,
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Date:Sunday 30 January 1955
Time:15:05
Type:SAI KZ VII Lærke
Owner/operator:Aero-Expreß Bayrischer Flugdienst-GmbH
Registration: HB-EPW
MSN: 190
Year of manufacture:1951
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Grasbrunn -   Germany
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:München-Riem (13:26)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Flew into power cable while attempting emergency landing. Lack of fuel might have been a factor for the desicion for the emergency landing. Sudden fog during the 30 min sightseeing flight disabled a return to the airport. Swiss pilot Walter Thomi ignored the advice to land at an alternative airport.

Sources:

Passauer Neue Presse 1 February 1955, p6
Swiss Archives Archivplansuche
Luftfahrt Bundesamt AZ 842-V1/55, issued 9 May 1955

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