Accident de Havilland DH.60G-III Moth Major OE-TIM,
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Date:Friday 6 March 1936
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60G-III Moth Major
Owner/operator:Österreichischer Aero Club/Austrian Army
Registration: OE-TIM
MSN: 5129
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Wiener Neustadt East Airport, Wiener Neustadt. Lower Austria -   Austria
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Wiener Neustadt East Airport, Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria (LOAN)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
c/no. 5129 DH 60GIII Moth Major [Gipsy Major engine #5947]. To Österreichischer Aero Club via agent N von Eltz, Austria with C of A 4750 issued 21.3.35. Registered as OE-TIM 17.3.35 to Niklaus von Eltz, Vienna. To Österreichischer Aero Club/Austrian Army (with Dienst Nummer 417).

Written off (destroyed) 6.3.36: Crashed at Wiener Neustadt East Airport, Wiener Neustadt. Lower Austria, Austria. Crew was completing a training mission when shortly after takeoff, while climbing, the single engine aircraft went out of control and spiraled to the ground. Both pilots Max Kandler and Josef Malburg were killed.

Wiener Neustadt East Airport (German: Flug Platz Wiener Neustadt/Ost) (IATA: None, ICAO: LOAN) is an airport serving Wiener Neustadt, a city in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Wiener Neustadt East Airport is located northeast of the city of Wiener Neustadt and south of Theresienfeld.

Sources:

1. http://www.gotech.at/fliegertruppe_abstuerze.htm
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_OE-.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p051.html
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60-moth-major-wiener-neustadt-2-killed
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_Neustadt_East_Airport#History

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Nov-2011 13:41 harro Added
24-Jan-2014 05:03 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Dec-2016 21:20 Alpine Flight Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
23-Aug-2017 14:18 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Dec-2020 20:42 Sergey L. Updated [Source]
23-Oct-2023 14:30 Dr. John Smith Updated [[Source]]

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