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Date: | Friday 16 April 1965 |
Time: | c. 16:10 |
Type: | Cessna 170A |
Owner/operator: | Aero Club Thun |
Registration: | HB-CAU |
MSN: | 19376 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Vermes, 6 nm SE Delsberg, JR -
Switzerland
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Bern LSZB |
Destination airport: | Basel LFSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hit treetops in bad visibility and crashed into field.
Left Berne airport at 15:40 with destination Basle, was caught in a "tornado" overhead Vermes, lost a wing and crashed in an open field near Planfayon-farm. Enterd IMC and got out of control.
Pilot 21 years, held PPL,Glider and Glider towing licence.
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Status: | Investigation completed |
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Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Passauer Neue Presse 20 April 1965, p5
Tribune de Lausanne n 107, 17.4.1965 p 9 via:
https://scriptorium.bcu-lausanne.ch/ Feuile d'Avis de Lausanne, n 89, 17.-18.4.1965 p 5
https://www.sust.admin.ch/inhalte/AV-berichte/366.pdf Revision history:
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TB |
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10-Dec-2014 18:36 |
TB |
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10-Feb-2015 17:03 |
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07-Sep-2022 16:24 |
sparrow9 |
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22-Apr-2024 10:37 |
sparrow9 |
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22-Apr-2024 10:37 |
ASN |
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