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| Date: | Sunday 3 September 1978 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Tipsy T.66 Nipper Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | OO-MDL |
| MSN: | 64 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Trier-Föhren (EDRT) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Trier-Föhren (EDRT) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Flew into powerlines during airshow at Trier-Föhren and crashed.
Sources:
Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 / J.Appleton and A. Thys, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 25 3)
http://www.tipsy-histories.com/pages/nipper64.html
BFU CX0012/78
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2008 07:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Aug-2012 17:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Dec-2018 20:29 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Oct-2019 11:22 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 27-Sep-2021 15:13 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
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