Narrative:
Aircraft took off for a flight around the airport to celebrate the inauguration of the "Commercial Aviation Company Ltd.", a company that was established by Haim Leibovitz and his pilot partner Dushinsky, to fly fresh fish from Aqaba to Tel Aviv via Lydda airport.
While landing, the pilot lost control and the aircraft veered off the runway into the mud.
» Israel Aviation History Website
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 13 January 1939 |
| Type: | Fokker F.XVIII |
| Operator: | Commercial Aviation Company |
| Registration: | VQ-PAF |
| MSN: | 5310 |
| First flight: | 1932 |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Lydda Airport (TLV) ( Israel)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Demonstration |
| Departure airport: | Lydda Airport (TLV/LLBG), Israel |
| Lydda Airport (TLV/LLBG), Israel |
Aircraft took off for a flight around the airport to celebrate the inauguration of the "Commercial Aviation Company Ltd.", a company that was established by Haim Leibovitz and his pilot partner Dushinsky, to fly fresh fish from Aqaba to Tel Aviv via Lydda airport.
While landing, the pilot lost control and the aircraft veered off the runway into the mud.
Sources:
» De Nederlandse Vliegtuigen / Th. Wesselink, Th. Postma» Israel Aviation History Website
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