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| Date: | Sunday 26 July 1959 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Piper J3C Cub |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | HB-OCG |
| MSN: | 13039 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Langenargen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Basel LFSB |
| Friedrichshafen ? | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Two seater airplane crashed into lake Bodensee. German pilot (35).
Left Basle at 8:30 LOC, flew circles at an altude of 100 to 150 feet about 300 feet from Langenargen, then suddenly crashed into the lake and sank immediately. Only a wheel was found later.
Sources:
Passauer Neue Presse 28 July 1959, p2
http://http://scriptorium.bcu-lausanne.ch/: Nouvelle Revue de Lausanne 173, 27.7.1959, p.3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Oct-2014 21:17 | TB | Added |
| 26-Oct-2014 21:49 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 25-Sep-2015 05:52 | sparrow9 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Aug-2019 15:57 | A.J.Scholten | Updated [Cn, Source, ] |
| 05-May-2021 19:18 | sparrow9 | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 06-Jun-2021 15:46 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
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