Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 30 MAR 1960 |
| Time: | 08:33 |
| Type: | Avia 14 |
| Operator: | Czechoslovak Air Force |
| Registration: | 3149 |
| C/n / msn: | 172913149 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 13 km (8.1 mls) SW of Kromeriz (Czech Republic)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Uherské Hradište-Kunovice Airport (UHE/LKKU), Czech Republic |
| Pieštany Airport (PZY/LZPP), Slovakia |
An Avia 14 transport plane was destroyed when it crashed into a hill near Kromeriz, Czech Republic. All seven on board were killed.
The airplane departed at 08:27 on a survey flight. It entered poor visibility conditions over the hills and crashed.
Events:
Sources:
» Scramble 307
» Czech accidents web site
Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Uherské Hradište-Kunovice Airport to Pieštany Airport as the crow flies is 53 km (33 miles).
Distance from Uherské Hradište-Kunovice Airport to Pieštany Airport as the crow flies is 53 km (33 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
