Accident Piper L-18C Super Cub AA+522,
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Date:Thursday 3 October 1957
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper L-18C Super Cub
Owner/operator:Luftwaffe
Registration: AA+522
MSN: 18-3434
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Landsberg AB -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Landsberg/Lech AB (ETSA)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Flew into power line, crashed and caught fire. USAF instructor Lt Kenneth Taylor killed, student Gefr Helmut Fischer (23) escaped injured.

Sources:

https://www.flugzeugforum.de//bw-kennungen-1968-a-53061.html
Passauer Neue Presse 21 July 1958
Passauer Neue Presse 24 July 1958, p5

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Aug-2010 10:06 TB Added
15-Aug-2010 05:52 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative]
15-Aug-2010 06:04 TB Updated [Total fatalities]
26-Jun-2012 11:28 TB Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative]
28-Jun-2012 01:20 TB Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Jul-2012 11:44 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]
30-Jul-2013 20:06 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location]
15-Jul-2014 11:10 TB Updated [Operator, Location, Source]
13-Nov-2015 11:09 TB Updated [Operator]

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