ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 266525
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| Date: | Friday 28 February 1936 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | W. Farner |
| Registration: | HB-UXE |
| MSN: | 1437 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grenchen Airport, Grenchen, district of Lebern, canton of Solothurn -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Grenchen Airport, Grenchen, Switzerland (LSZG) |
| Grenchen Airport, Grenchen, Switzerland (LSZG) |
Written off (destroyed) when crashed 28.2.36: The pilot departed Grenchen Airport on a local solo flight. While completing aerobatics at an altitude of 1,000 metres, he lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed by the airport. Pilot Wilhelm Bründler (40) was injured.
Sources:
1. Oberländer Tagblatt, 2 March 1936: https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=OTB19360302-01.2.15&srpos=5&e=------193-en-20--1--img-txIN-Brundler----1936---0-----2
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
3. https://histaero.ch/PDF/Flugunfaelle_1.pdf
4. https://app02.bazl.admin.ch/web/bazl/en/#/lfr/detail/HB-UXE-1331052
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p014.html
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_HB-.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenchen_Airport
History of this aircraft
c/no. 1437 DH.60M [Gipsy I #869] to Von Werner Schetty, Switzerland with C of A 2313 issued 3.12.29. Registered CH-251 14.11.29 to Werner Schetty, Basel-Birsfelden. Crashed Basel-Sternenfeld 25.9.31; repaired and returned to service. Re-registered 1934 to Willy Frech, Basel. Reregistered HB-UXE 1.35. Re-registered in 1935 to W Farner, Grenchen
Registration HB-UXE cancelled 11.3.36
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Aug-2021 13:30 | Cobar | Added |
| 23-Oct-2023 14:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 25-Oct-2023 16:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 20-Dec-2023 11:53 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2023 12:00 | TB | Updated [Narrative, Category] |
| 01-Mar-2024 08:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 01-Mar-2024 08:17 | ASN | Updated [Narrative] |
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