Incident de Havilland DH.60G Moth HB-ULO,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 352103
 
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Date:Sunday 7 November 1937
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60G Moth
Owner/operator:Genossenschaft Fliegerlager Grenchen
Registration: HB-ULO
MSN: 832
Year of manufacture:1928
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Horw, district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne -   Switzerland
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft was damaged beyond repair in an accident when it crashed 7.11.37 at Horw, a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Also reported to have been operated by AeCS Sektion Basel.

Sources:

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. https://histaero.ch/PDF/Flugunfaelle_1.pdf
3. https://app02.bazl.admin.ch/web/bazl/en/#/lfr/detail/HB-ULO-1330816
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p008.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_HB-.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horw

History of this aircraft

c/no 832 DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I engine#54, amended to #66] to Swiss Aero Club with C of A issued 5.10.28. Registered as CH-205 17.9.28 to Aero Club de Suisse, Sektion Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Crashed on landing at Birsfelden 9.4.30; repaired and returned to service. Re-registered in 1931 to A Koepke, Ennetbaden [and based at Basel-Birsfelden]. [Registered with c/no 1878 with effect from 1934, implying rebuild with that airframe].

Re-registered as HB-ULO 1.35. Re-registered 22.6.35 to Aero Club de Suisse, Sektion Langenthal, Langenthal. Re-registered 9.37 to Genossenschaft Fliegerlager Grenchen, Grenchen.
Registration cancelled as destroyed 26.11.37

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Mar-2024 09:02 Dr. John Smith Added
01-Mar-2024 09:07 ASN Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
01-Mar-2024 16:03 Dr. John Smith Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative, Category]
01-Mar-2024 16:03 ASN Updated [Total occupants]

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