ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89467
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| Date: | Friday 23 July 1937 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Fokker C.V-E , S 6A |
| Owner/operator: | Kungl Svenska Flygvapnet |
| Registration: | 334 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lake Vättern -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | S Hästholmen |
| S Hästholmen | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Traget practise with machine gun. Witnesses heard a bang and saw the engine twist out and away from the aircraft damaging the wing. Nose pitches up, the aircraft stalls at 100m and crashes into lake Vänern upside down. The plane sinks within a few minutes.
Crew: Gösta Lilja jumped from the plane, found with open parachue and broken neck.
Pilot Stig Carlsson followed the plane when it sank, not recovered.
The a/c was discovered again 11 dec 2013, the remains of the pilot still in his seat. Buried 24 April 2014.
Sources:
1. http://vrakdykning-i-vattern.se/default.asp?No=s6
2. http://www.avrosys.nu/aircraft/Spaning/206s6/206S6.htm Sisterplane at museum, flewn by the crew some months before the crash.
3. http://forum.flyghistoria.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8175&sid=d54dd963547b146c578689dee45b62bb
4. https://blogg.forsvarsmakten.se/flygvapenbloggen/2014/04/26/ett-sista-farval/ burial of the recovered pilot
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2011 00:30 | Masen63 | Added |
| 13-May-2011 06:58 | Masen63 | Updated [Date, Registration, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2013 17:09 | Masen63 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2014 06:23 | Masen63 | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative] |
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