Date:	Sunday 10 February 1957
Time:	14:17
Type:	Fairchild F-24W 41R
Owner/operator:	SLRG Zurich
Registration:	HB-EAM
MSN:	761
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	0,4 km SW LSZF -   Switzerland
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Birrfeld (LSZF)
Destination airport:	LSZH
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A/c took-off in gusty wind conditions, climbing to ca 100 m/Gnd in an overpitched condition. After some turns across the airfield the a/c stalled and spun in. The pilot died on the way to hospital.
The pilot had been informed that the RpM-indicator had been removed from the plane, he nevertheless flew from LSZH to LSZF the same day. A dog-basket was installed on the underside of the fuselage. The co-pilot seat had been removed. Besides a parachutist the pilot took two other men, who had to go to LSZH, and a German shepherd as passengers. During line-up one wheel was blocked in a furrow, the three passengers pushed it free. The a/c took-off immediately after all had climbed aboard.
The MTOW of 1160 kg was exceded by 218 kg. After the accident the safety-belts of the pilot and "co-pilot" were found unlocked.

Accident Report by Swiss Federal Office of Air Accident Investigation; Aero Revue 34(1959) Nr2, 104-107

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Jan-2014 20:09	sparrow9	Added
17-Sep-2015 19:25	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, ]