Accident Piper L-4J Cub OO-GEH,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17289
 
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Date:Monday 23 February 1953
Time:17:55
Type:Silhouette image of generic J3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper L-4J Cub
Owner/operator:COGEA
Registration: OO-GEH
MSN: 12845
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Keerbergen, Flemish Brabant -   Belgium
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Keerbergen
Destination airport:Keerbergen
Confidence Rating: Little or no information is available
Narrative:
The aircraft took off to make a flight with illuminated advertising under the wings over Antwerpen.
At low altitude, the aircraft banked to the right, lost speed and crashed. A fire broke out and the pilot was killed.

Sources:

Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 / J.Appleton and A. Thys, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 25 3)
ex.USAAF/44-80549.
Book: Het verdronken vliegveld van Keerbergen.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Apr-2008 07:00 ASN archive Added
01-Aug-2019 15:38 A.J.Scholten Updated [Source]
27-Jun-2022 23:37 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
15-May-2023 14:57 Roberto Updated [[Location]]

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