Accident de Havilland DH.60GIII Moth Major OE-TEM, Wednesday 29 July 1936
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Date:Wednesday 29 July 1936
Time:09:15 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60GIII Moth Major
Owner/operator:Österreichischer Aero Club/Austrian Army
Registration: OE-TEM
MSN: 5126
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Hochkönigstock near Tenneck, municipality of Werfen, Salzburg -   Austria
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Salzburg, Austria
Destination airport:
Narrative:
c/no. 5126: DH 60GIII Moth Major to Österreichischer Aero Club via agent N von Eltz, Austria with C of A 4742 issued 13.3.35. Registered as OE-TEM 17.3.35 to Niklaus von Eltz, Vienna. To Österreichischer Aero Club/Austrian Army (with Dienst Nummer 416).

Written off (destroyed) 29.7.36: The single engine airplane departed Salzburg on a local pleasure flight. The aircraft collided with a mountain in bad weather conditions, at Hochkönigstock near Tenneck, municipality of Werfen, Salzburg (at approximate co-ordinates 47°27 '4.5"N,13°4'27.4"E). Both occupants were killed.

Sources:

1. öfh 4/14
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-moth-major-iii-near-tenneck-2-killed
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_OE-.html
5. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasserkar_(Hochk%C3%B6nig) [German text]

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Apr-2015 13:40 Alpine Flight Added
28-Dec-2016 11:12 Alpine Flight Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ]
23-Aug-2017 11:23 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
22-Oct-2023 16:47 Dr. John Smith Updated

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