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| Date: | Sunday 5 April 1959 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Stark Turbulent D-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Stark Flugzeugbau KG |
| Registration: | D-EHEH |
| MSN: | 118 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Atterheide Airfield -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed from 15 meters, one minute after take-off on test flight. Pilot Heinz Piel (Ing./43) killed.
Sources:
Passauer Neue Presse 7 April 1959, p.2
Air Britain Archive 2019 p.32
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Oct-2014 20:43 | TB | Added |
| 13-Dec-2015 19:33 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 19-Apr-2025 09:46 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jul-2025 09:51 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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