ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 249736
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| Date: | Saturday 18 October 1930 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Maxim Galitzenstein |
| Registration: | D-1725 |
| MSN: | 1148 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Staaken Airfield, Staaken, Spandau, Berlin -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Staaken Airfield, Staaken, Spandau, Berlin, Germany |
| Staaken Airfield, Staaken, Spandau, Berlin, Germany | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 1148: DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I engine#653]. Delivered to Miss C-M Schultes, Germany with C of A 2126 issued 24.7.29; (supplied via Alfred Friedrich). Re-registered D-1725 7.29 to Miss Christmarie Schultes, Bad Heilbrunn. Re-registered 12.29 to Maxim Galitzstein, Berlin. Moth D-1725 "Bad Tölz" nosed over and damaged in a crash-landing in the Fichtelgebirge 8.30. Pilot Christmarie Schultes (25) remained unhurt.
Written off (destroyed) 18.10.30: structural failure in flight. The pilot, sole person on board, was performing a local flight out from Berlin-Staaken Airport, Staaken, Spandau, Berlin, Germany. While flying at a height of 300 metres, he attempted aerobatics manoeuvres when both wings detached and separated. The airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed on the ground. The pilot Paul Ebener (sole person on board) was killed
Staaken is a locality at the western rim of Berlin within the borough of Spandau.
Sources:
1. De Avondpost 18-10-1930: https://krantvanuwgeboortedag.nl/echte-historische-kranten/de-avondpost/1159409/18-10-1930
2. https://www.br.de/br-fernsehen/sendungen/schwaben-und-altbayern/schwaben-und-altbayern-flugpionierin-13-juni-2021-100.html (video 4:05)
3. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p011.html
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-moth-berlin-1-killed
6. https://www.forgottenairfields.com/airfield-berlin-staaken-433.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staaken#History
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2021 13:20 | Cobar | Added |
| 05-Jul-2022 01:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 19-Dec-2023 09:25 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Dec-2023 09:26 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Dec-2023 17:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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