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| Date: | Saturday 25 July 1959 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Beechcraft F35 Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | H.G. Haak |
| Registration: | D-EEGK |
| MSN: | D-4299 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gran Combin, Aosta -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Egelsbach Airport (EDFE) |
| Nice, France | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed on Testa di Balme at a height of 2,740 metres in bad weather. Owner/pilot Helmut Gustav Haak (43) was en-route from Egelsbach to Nice where he intended to buy a yacht in Cannes. The wreckage was found by hunters on 30 August 1959, afternoon. Passengers Ludwig Illinger (38) and Bernhard Schwengler.
Sources:
La Stampa 28 July 1959, p8...2 September 1959, p7
Passauer Neue Presse 1 September 1959, p1
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/d-4000_to_d-4999.pdf
SIA (date)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Sep-2014 20:43 | TB | Added |
| 24-Sep-2014 09:25 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Oct-2014 21:05 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Oct-2014 15:11 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Dec-2016 23:37 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Dec-2016 23:37 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 12-Nov-2017 18:17 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Nov-2017 18:39 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 25-Nov-2018 19:16 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 28-Sep-2020 19:17 | TB | Updated [Date, Source, ] |
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