ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 32068
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| Date: | Monday 5 October 1953 |
| Time: | 15:25 |
| Type: |  Fairchild UC-61K Argus III |
| Owner/operator: | Fliegerschule Spreitenbach AG |
| Registration: | HB-EIK |
| MSN: | 904 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 7 km NNE Schwyz 1450m AMSL -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | LIML |
| LSZH | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The German pilot had been a pilot in the Deutsche Luftwaffe. He got his Swiss PPL in march 1953. He was on a required navigation flight to obtain a higher licence. He was not yet allowed to fly this a/c as PIC. The day of the flight the area north of the Alps was covered with a low SC-layer. After passing the Mythen mountain he descended in to the clouds. The a/c crashed into a wood, making a path of ca 100 m through trees of 10-20 cm diameter. The a/c had no radios, was not IFR-approved. The pilot died 2 days after the accident, his three German passengers left the hospital after 2 to 4 weeks.
Cause: CFIT
Sources:
Accident report of the Swiss Office of Aircraft Accident Investigation published in
Aero Revue 32 (1957) Nr 5, 260-262
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Jan-2014 13:33 | sparrow9 | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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