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| Date: | Thursday 15 March 1962 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: | Orlican L-40 Meta Sokol |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | HB-TAW |
| MSN: | 150304 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Menzingen -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | LSZH/ZRH |
| LSZA/LUG |
Crashed on forested hill after explosion ten minutes after take-off. Ernst Mittelholzer and passenger Robert Schrent (41).
A VMC-flight into IMC, inflight break-up of the aircraft as it dove out below clouds. The flight was undertaken against recomendations of met-office. The crash occurred about 20 mins after take-off.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Passauer Neue Presse 17 March 1962, p3
Nouvelle Revue de Lausanne 63 16.3.1962, p 32
https://www.sust.admin.ch/de/berichte/ereignisberichte-aviatik-uebersicht/ereignisberichte-aviatik?tx_sustemas_listavexamination%5Baction%5D=listavexamination&tx_sustemas_listavexamination%5Bcontroller%5D=Examination&cHash=825590d4e2c6aed72bf5b234489ba83e
NEW link to Swiss archives: https://www.recherche.bar.admin.ch/recherche/link/de/archiv/einheit/3112152
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2014 18:48 | TB | Added |
| 10-Feb-2015 20:25 | sparrow9 | Updated [Date, Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 11-Feb-2015 20:07 | sparrow9 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 11-Sep-2015 14:42 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Apr-2022 16:02 | flybix | Updated [Source, ] |
| 08-Nov-2023 16:33 | sparrow9 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Nov-2023 08:51 | sparrow9 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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