Date:	Sunday 11 July 1954
Time:	16:00 LOC
Type:	Cessna 170B
Owner/operator:	Aero Club Valais
Registration:	HB-COC
MSN:	20825
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	13.8 km SSE LSGS/Val d'Hérémence S of Pralong -   Switzerland
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	LSGS
Destination airport:	LSGS
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot made a scenic flight with 3 passengers with an a/c that was owned by the club since the day before the accident. After take-off he flew down the Valais, turned back and entered the Val d'Hérence at too low an altitude. He aborted a first 180° and followed the valley until the plane stalled in a steep turn and collided with trees.

Accident Report by Swiss Federal Office of Air Accident Investigation: Aero Revue 33 (1958) Nr 3, 127-128

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